Heads of state arrive in Caracas on Thursday - for a rally honoring ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.<br/> <br />A military honor guard welcomed Bolivia's President Evo Morales and President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua - on the day Chavez should have been sworn in for a new six-year term.<br/> <br />But, as thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of the capital city to support Chavez - the 58-year-old president was confined to his sickbed in Cuba.<br/> <br />Ali Bazan attended the rally - dressed like the South American OPEC nation leader.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (SPANISH) ALI BAZAN, RALLY ATTENDEE, SAYING:<br/> <br />" I look like Chavez, but not only in the physical, but also in my ideas and everything having to do with the Comandante."<br/> <br />Chavez has not been seen in public for almost a month - since having surgery in Cuba.<br/> <br />Critics said because he could not attend his own inauguration - a caretaker president should be appointed.
