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Venezuelans vote in Chavez’s toughest election yet

AFP

Venezuelans lined up to vote Sunday in the toughest election President Hugo Chavez has ever faced, with his near 14-year socialist revolution at stake against fresh-faced rival Henrique Capriles. Voters stood in long lines to cast their ballots after Chavez supporters played military-style bugles before…