Crucially Important Venezuela Election set to begin new post-Hugo Chavez era

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Venezuelan rivals hold final rallies in bitter campaign

AFP – Venezuela’s acting President Nicolas Maduro and opposition rival Henrique Capriles held big rallies Thursday, closing a brief and bitter race to succeed Hugo Chavez on the anniversary of a failed coup against the late leader. One month after Chavez died, Maduro and Capriles head toward Sunday’s election.