Chavez Absent Venezuela Presidential Election Campaign

Opposition Candidate Capriles Seeks to Unseat Chavez Absent Venezuela Presidential Election Turn

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Chavez absent as team oils campaign machine

AFP – In a crowded square of the biggest shantytown in Caracas, President Hugo Chavez’s reelection campaign wheels are spinning. But a bit like a movie missing its star, the president is not on the trail. Aides to the flamboyant Chavez — Latin America’s most prominent leftist leader, who is seeking reelection.