Venezuelan leaders have meeting with Cuba's Raul Castro

Venezuela's most senior political leaders are in Cuba to visit President Hugo Chavez, who is still in a serious condition after his latest cancer operation in Havana on 11 December.

Vice-President Nicolas Maduro and the speaker of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, had a meeting in Havana with Cuban leader Raul Castro.

No details of the meeting have been released.

Mr Chavez missed his inauguration for a new term on Thursday.

But the Supreme Court ruled that he could be sworn in for another term as president when he recovered and returned to Caracas.

Supporters gathered in rallies and in churches on Sunday to show support for Mr Chavez and pray for his recovery.

In Cuba, a mass for the Venezuelan president was held at a Catholic Church in Havana on Saturday.