"A presidential election to replace late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez will be held on 14 April, the country's electoral commission has said. The announcement follows the appointment of Mr Chavez's favoured successor, Nicolas Maduro, as acting president. Hugo Chavez died on 5 March after a long battle with cancer. Mr Maduro will run as the governing party candidate with Henrique Capriles expected to stand for the opposition. Mr Chavez - who led Venezuela for 14 years - won last October's election against Mr Capriles, polling 54% of the vote to Mr Capriles's 44%. As Mr Chavez's health worsened, he announced that his vice-president, Mr Maduro, should succeed him. Mr Maduro, 50, has pledged to carry on the former president's leftist policies and opinion polls have shown him as the favourite to win the next election."
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