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April 14 election set in Venezuela

Winner will replace late Chavez

By PAUL HAVEN AND E. EDUARDO CASTILLO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: March 10, 2013 at 5:50 a.m.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelans will vote April 14 to choose a successor to Hugo Chavez, the elections commission announced Saturday as increasingly strident political rhetoric begins to roil this polarized country.

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