(FILES) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) speaks with Venezuelan Interior and Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami in Caracas on December 4, 2009. Powerful former Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami's has not been seen in public in the year since the corruption scandal in Venezuela that led to his resignation. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP) (Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images)