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A smuggler pushes a bicycle loaded with contraband on the foot bridge across the river Tachira on the Colombia-Venezuela border.
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A man walks next to empty shelves in a supermarket in Caracas on January 22, 2012.
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Opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles greets supporters after voting in the presidential election outside a polling station in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 14, 2013. Capriles is running for president against Nicolas Maduro, the hand picked successor of late President Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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A man stocks up on toilet paper at a supermarket in Caracas, on May 17, 2013.
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Supermarket staff work next to partially empty shelves of toilet paper in Caracas May 16, 2013.
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Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro greets supporters as he arrives to Bolivar Ave. for his closing campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 11, 2013. Maduro, the hand-picked successor of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, is running for president against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles on April 14. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks to the press after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on November 27, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Juan BARRETO (Photo credit should read JUANN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)
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This undated family photo released Thursday, April 25, 2013, shows Timothy Tracy inside of a vehicle in Venezuela. The 35-year-old filmmaker from California was arrested Wednesday, by Venezuelan authorities who are accusing him of fomenting post election violence on behalf of the U.S. government.
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Opposition leader Henrique Capriles gestures during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Mar. 10, 2013.
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Venezuela's interim President Nicolas Maduro gestures to supporters as he leaves a polling station after voting in the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 14, 2013. Maduro, who served as late President Hugo Chavez's foreign minister and vice president, is running against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.
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A 'Chavista' demonstrator shouts as supporters of President-elect Nicolas Maduro march in front of the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas,Venezuela, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles has presented a series of allegations of vote fraud and other irregularities to back up his demand for a vote-by-vote recount for the presidential election.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at a swearing ceremony in Caracas, on April 22, 2013.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro participating in his cabinet swearing-in ceremony in Caracas, April 22, 2013.
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Chavista militants and government supporters, one holding a portrait of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, wait for presidential election results outside the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 14, 2013.
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Chavista militants and government supporters, one holding a portrait of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, wait for presidential election results outside the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 14, 2013.
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Venezuela's interim President Nicolas Maduro greets supporters as he arrives to cast his ballot in the presidential election in Caracas, on April 14, 2013.
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Venezuelan President elect Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters after knowing the election results in Caracas on April 14, 2013.
Hugo Chavez speaks to people gathered at the Plaza Caracas on Feb. 4, 1998, in Caracas, Venezuela during celebrations for the anniversary of the 1992 coup.
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The coffin of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez is driven through the streets of Caracas after leaving the military hospital where he died of cancer, in Caracas March 6, 2013.
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An 11-year-old boy works at a makeshift mine in Icabarú, near Venezuela's border with Brazil on July 6, 212. The child works on a team with five other children, only slightly older than him, and his father who said simply, "He has to work."
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Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez celebrate in downtown Caracas, Venezuela on Oct. 7, 2012.
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Members of the Maria Lionza Cult gather at Sorte Mountain in Venezuela.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (right) waves as he is greeted by Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero before their meeting at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid September 11, 2009.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez celebrates his victory on Feb. 15, 2009, on a referendum on constitutional changes that will allow him to seek re-election without limits
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during a meeting in Brasília, Brazil, Friday, May 23, 2008.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks on his weekly radio and television show, Hello President, in Maracaibo, May 11, 2008.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) gestures next to Spain's King Juan Carlos during the second working session of the XVII Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez talks to Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner during a meeting at the government house in Buenos Aires, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007.
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Opposition deputy Julio Borges after a fight with the ruling party deputies inside the Venezuelan parliament in Caracas, on April 30, 2013.
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Supporters of opposition leader Henrique Capriles demonstrate in front of Capriles's campaign headquarters with signs that read, "Venezuelans ready for anything. We want a vote recount" and "We won't allow fraud," in Caracas, April 15, 2013.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in Caracas on Nov. 27, 2009
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the game between the New York Mets and the Toronto Blue Jays at Shea Stadium in New York, June 9, 1999.
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Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ligth candles while gathering in front of the Venezuelan embassy in Santiago, Chile on March 5, 2013.
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A woman walks next to a graffit painting of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 2, 2013.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez arrives for a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at Planalto Palace in Brasilia on June 6, 2011
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks in Caracas in front of a painting of Simon Bolivar
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Hugo Chavez and Oliver Stone attend the premiere of South of the Border at the 66th Venice Film Festival
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President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez addresses the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 20, 2006.
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Sean Penn and Hugo Chavez leave Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks at the Unasur summit as his Foreign Minister, Nicolas Maduro, looks on in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2009
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President Barack Obama stands in front of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) during an official photograph session at the 5th Summit of the Americas, April 18, 2009.
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Hugo Chavez at the Miraflores Palace
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Hugo Chavez looks on after hearing election results.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez arrives at the National Assembly building in Caracas August 15, 2007.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, left, and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev speak at a press conference at the Russian presidential residence in Gorki on July 22
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Venezuelan citizens cover their eyes and mouths outside RCTV's studios in Caracas, Venezuela, May 27, 2007, during a rally against President Hugo Chavez's decision to revoke the network's license.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez pauses during his weekly broadcast Alo Presidente in Caracas, March 2, 2008.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) and US actor/activist Danny Glover hug each other in Harlem, New York.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks to reporters at a news conference in Caracas November 30, 2006.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks during a news conference while attending the United Nations General Assembly in September 2006 at the U.N. in New York City.
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By standing up to Hugo Chávez, Sánchez and Venezuela's student movement soared.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the Venezuelan mission in New York, September 21, 2006.
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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, right, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez greet supporters at the opening game of the Nicaraguan Baseball Professional League final series in Managua.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with Bolivian President Evo Morales, in Argentina yesterday
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President Hugo Chavez holds up a copy of the Venezuelan constitution
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks during a news conference in Caracas, where he told the media the detailed plan of releasing three Colombian hostages.
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Hugo Chavez displays a copy of Venezuela's constitution and his proposed changes in a news conference at Miraflores Palace, Caracas, Venezuela, December 3, 2007
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Chavez speaks to supporters in Caracas
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President Hugo Chavez thanks God during a news conference in Caracas
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez waves to the crowd while riding atop a truck upon his arrival to the elections office in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 11, 2012
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A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez cries as she holds a picture of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, as Chavistas gather in Bolívar Square to mourn Chavez's death in Caracas, March 5, 2013.
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A painting of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez during a march in Caracas on Feb. 4, 2013
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People hold candles during a praying ceremony for the health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas Feb. 22, 2013.
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Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez react to the announcement of his death outside the hospital where he was being treated, in Caracas March 5, 2013.
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Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez take part in a gathering celebrating his return to Venezuela at Plaza Bolivar in Caracas, Feb. 18, 2013.
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A woman reacts to the camera as supporters holding pictures gather in Bolivar square after President Hugo Chavez' return in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013.
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A man walks past a mural of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Jan. 11, 2013.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez holds the signed new labor law during a national TV broadcast in Caracas on April 30, 2012
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A man walks past a mural depicting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas on Jan. 9, 2013.
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Posters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez are seen in an old van in Caracas on Jan. 4, 2013.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks next to his inner circle members during a national broadcast at Miraflores Palace in Caracas Dec. 8, 2012.
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Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez cheer after polling stations closed and before any results were made available outside Miraflores presidential place in Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 7, 2012
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Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez celebrate after receiving news of his reelection in Caracas on Oct. 7, 2012.
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A sticker of opposition candidate Henrique Capriles is seen over a poster of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in downtown Caracas Oct. 2, 2012.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) speaks to Rosneft Chief Executive Igor Sechin of Russia after a visit at Miraflores Palace in Caracas on September 27, 2012.
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(l. to r.): Barack Obama, Angelina Jolie, Hugo Chavez
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Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski celebrates after winning the primary elections in Caracas on Feb. 12, 2012.
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President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela kisses a crucifix while greeting supporters from a balcony of Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on July 4, 2011, just some hours after his return from Cuba
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A woman takes a picture of her companion on an island north of Caracas
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Oil installations in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, top, waves to supporters after casting his ballot at a polling station in Caracas, Sunday, May 2, 2010
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrives at a shelter to visit families made homeless by torrential rains in Caracas, Dec. 14, 2010
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, left, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
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Instructors show pupils how to overpower criminals during a weekend course for private bodyguards in Caracas, Venezuela
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YES PLEASE: Chavez campaigns for support in Caracas ahead of the Feb. 15 referendum
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks during his weekly broadcast, Alo, Presidente, in Caracas
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