Venezuela election fight to succeed Chavez begins
- Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 02.49
- Online news: World
Venezuela was plunged into a bitter election fight to succeed Hugo Chavez on Monday, with acting President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Henrique Capriles facing off in a flurry of name-calling.
Venezuelan acting President Nicolas Maduro (C) delivers a speech during the official registration of his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election at the National Electoral Council in Caracas on March 11, 2013. Venezuela was plunged into a bitter election fight to succeed Hugo Chavez on Monday, with Maduro and opposition leader Henrique Capriles facing off in a flurry of name-calling.
Thousands of the late president's supporters massed outside the National Election Council as Maduro, dressed in a jacket in the colors of the Venezuelan flag, officially registered his candidacy.
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