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Posted: 4/23/2013 4:18:25 PM EST
In this April 20, 2013 photo, Miguel Marcano, a private electricity worker, stands behind a fence at his home in Valencia, Venezuela. A dozen voters interviewed across the country, including Marcano, repeated similar explanations for their first opposition vote: anger at food shortages, electrical blackouts, government corruption and inefficiency and a personal dislike for the ruling party presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro, a former foreign minister who talks constantly about late President Hugo Chavez but doesn't share his mentor's charisma, talent for public speaking or long list of projects and proposals for improving Venezuela. Another factor was dissatisfaction over the luxurious lifestyles of high-ranking government officials who drive high-end cars and live in upscale neighborhoods, despite their purported socialist ideas. “Chavez had economic projects, projects to improve production, an education project,” said Marcano. “We never knew much about Maduro. I don't know what he's like as a leader.” (AP Photo/Michael Weissenstein)
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Posted: 4/23/2013 4:18:25 PM EST
In this April 20, 2013 photo, Miguel Marcano, a private electricity worker, stands behind a fence at his home in Valencia, Venezuela. A dozen voters interviewed across the country, including Marcano, repeated similar explanations for their first opposition vote: anger at food shortages, electrical blackouts, government corruption and inefficiency and a personal dislike for the ruling party presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro, a former foreign minister who talks constantly about late President Hugo Chavez but doesn't share his mentor's charisma, talent for public speaking or long list of projects and proposals for improving Venezuela. Another factor was dissatisfaction over the luxurious lifestyles of high-ranking government officials who drive high-end cars and live in upscale neighborhoods, despite their purported socialist ideas. “Chavez had economic projects, projects to improve production, an education project,” said Marcano. “We never knew much about Maduro. I don't know what he's like as a leader.” (AP Photo/Michael Weissenstein)
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Posted: 4/23/2013 4:18:25 PM EST
In this April 7, 2013 photo, a man holds up a T-shirt that reads in Spanish "Long live Chavez!" with the name Chavez replaced with Capriles, referring to opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, at a campaign campaign rally in Valencia, Venezuela. A dozen voters interviewed across the country repeated the same explanation for their first opposition vote: anger at food shortages, electrical blackouts, government corruption and inefficiency and a personal dislike for the ruling party candidate Nicolas Maduro, a former foreign minister who talks constantly about Chavez but doesn't share his mentor's charisma, talent for public speaking or long list of projects and proposals for improving Venezuela. Another factor was dissatisfaction over the luxurious lifestyles of high-ranking government officials who drive high-end cars and live in upscale neighborhoods, despite their purported socialist ideas. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Posted: 4/23/2013 4:18:25 PM EST
In this April 7, 2013 photo, a man holds up a T-shirt that reads in Spanish "Long live Chavez!" with the name Chavez replaced with Capriles, referring to opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, at a campaign campaign rally in Valencia, Venezuela. A dozen voters interviewed across the country repeated the same explanation for their first opposition vote: anger at food shortages, electrical blackouts, government corruption and inefficiency and a personal dislike for the ruling party candidate Nicolas Maduro, a former foreign minister who talks constantly about Chavez but doesn't share his mentor's charisma, talent for public speaking or long list of projects and proposals for improving Venezuela. Another factor was dissatisfaction over the luxurious lifestyles of high-ranking government officials who drive high-end cars and live in upscale neighborhoods, despite their purported socialist ideas. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Posted: 4/23/2013 12:18:39 PM EST
In this photo taken on Saturday, April 20 2013 and released by the Uganda Presidency, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, left, and State Minister for Youth and Children Affairs Ronald Kibuule, center, hand over what the president's office said was a sack of money containing 250 million Ugandan shillings - about $100,000 - to an unidentified member of a partisan group of youths, right, in Kaliro district east of the capital Kampala, in Uganda. It’s become an infamous photo in Uganda. The country’s leader looks on in bemusement as a young man bends low to carry a sack filled with a donation from the president _ almost $100,000 in cash. The money is a donation from President Yoweri Museveni to a partisan group of youths in eastern Uganda, where he struggles to win votes in national elections, and activists and opposition politicians are seizing upon the moment as a blatant example of political corruption in Uganda. The picture, which was distributed by the president’s office after the event last weekend, was meant to highlight Museveni’s generosity toward a group of youth. Instead it has focused attention on Museveni’s profligacy during political tours and what some say is his role in fueling graft in the East African country that he has led since 1986. (AP Photo/Uganda Presidency)
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Posted: 4/23/2013 12:18:39 PM EST
In this photo taken on Saturday, April 20 2013 and released by the Uganda Presidency, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, left, and State Minister for Youth and Children Affairs Ronald Kibuule, center, hand over what the president's office said was a sack of money containing 250 million Ugandan shillings - about $100,000 - to an unidentified member of a partisan group of youths, right, in Kaliro district east of the capital Kampala, in Uganda. It’s become an infamous photo in Uganda. The country’s leader looks on in bemusement as a young man bends low to carry a sack filled with a donation from the president _ almost $100,000 in cash. The money is a donation from President Yoweri Museveni to a partisan group of youths in eastern Uganda, where he struggles to win votes in national elections, and activists and opposition politicians are seizing upon the moment as a blatant example of political corruption in Uganda. The picture, which was distributed by the president’s office after the event last weekend, was meant to highlight Museveni’s generosity toward a group of youth. Instead it has focused attention on Museveni’s profligacy during political tours and what some say is his role in fueling graft in the East African country that he has led since 1986. (AP Photo/Uganda Presidency)
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Posted: 4/21/2013 12:53:55 PM EST
This April 17, 2013 photo shows Kenneth Blatt St. Marks sits at his home in Box Elder, Mont. St. Marks, the former chairman of the Chippewa Cree tribe, is participating in a federal investigation into corruption on the reservation that includes money missing from a $361 million pipeline project to bring fresh drinking water to the reservation. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)
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Posted: 4/21/2013 12:53:55 PM EST
This April 17, 2013 photo shows Kenneth Blatt St. Marks sits at his home in Box Elder, Mont. St. Marks, the former chairman of the Chippewa Cree tribe, is participating in a federal investigation into corruption on the reservation that includes money missing from a $361 million pipeline project to bring fresh drinking water to the reservation. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)
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Posted: 4/20/2013 6:28:29 PM EST
FILE - In this Monday, April 15, 2013 file photo, Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing session in his retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian court has ordered the release of Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak, Saturday, April 20, 2013 pending further investigation into corruption charges. But he will continue to be held in prison in two other corruption cases. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File)
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Posted: 4/20/2013 6:28:29 PM EST
FILE - In this Monday, April 15, 2013 file photo, Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing session in his retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian court has ordered the release of Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak, Saturday, April 20, 2013 pending further investigation into corruption charges. But he will continue to be held in prison in two other corruption cases. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File)
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Posted: 4/18/2013 12:03:32 PM EST
AP10ThingsToSee - Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing session in his retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, April 15, 2013. Mubarak will remain in custody on new corruption charges despite a court order to release him on bail pending his retrial on charges related to killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising against him, Egypt’s state news agency said Monday. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File)
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Posted: 4/18/2013 12:03:32 PM EST
AP10ThingsToSee - Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing session in his retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, April 15, 2013. Mubarak will remain in custody on new corruption charges despite a court order to release him on bail pending his retrial on charges related to killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising against him, Egypt’s state news agency said Monday. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 9:48:29 AM EST
Egyptian medics escort former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 84, from a helicopter ambulance after it landed at Maadi Military Hospital after he was flown form a court hearing, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, April 15, 2013. Egypt's state news agency says deposed President Hosni Mubarak will remain in custody despite a court order to release him. The release order covers his retrial over alleged responsibility for the deaths of nearly 900 protesters during the 2011 uprising against him. Even so, he remains in custody over new corruption charges. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 9:48:29 AM EST
Egyptian medics escort former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 84, from a helicopter ambulance after it landed at Maadi Military Hospital after he was flown form a court hearing, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, April 15, 2013. Egypt's state news agency says deposed President Hosni Mubarak will remain in custody despite a court order to release him. The release order covers his retrial over alleged responsibility for the deaths of nearly 900 protesters during the 2011 uprising against him. Even so, he remains in custody over new corruption charges. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 9:48:29 AM EST
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, second right, waves at his supporters, who with his sons Alaa, right, and Gamal. left attend a hearing in their retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 13, 2013. Egypt's highest court in January ordered a retrial for Mubarak, for failing to stop the killing of 900 protestors in the 2011 unrest that ousted him, after accepting an appeal against his life sentence, citing procedural failings. The sons face corruption charges. (AP Photo/ Tarek el Gabbas)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 9:48:29 AM EST
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, second right, waves at his supporters, who with his sons Alaa, right, and Gamal. left attend a hearing in their retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 13, 2013. Egypt's highest court in January ordered a retrial for Mubarak, for failing to stop the killing of 900 protestors in the 2011 unrest that ousted him, after accepting an appeal against his life sentence, citing procedural failings. The sons face corruption charges. (AP Photo/ Tarek el Gabbas)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 9:48:29 AM EST
Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing session in his retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, April 15, 2013. Mubarak will remain in custody on new corruption charges despite a court order to release him on bail pending his retrial on charges related to killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising against him, Egypt’s state news agency said Monday. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 9:48:29 AM EST
Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing session in his retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, April 15, 2013. Mubarak will remain in custody on new corruption charges despite a court order to release him on bail pending his retrial on charges related to killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising against him, Egypt’s state news agency said Monday. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
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Posted: 4/7/2013 10:43:31 AM EST
FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 file photo, the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sits during his meeting with Emirates foreign minister, not pictured, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s state news agency says the country’s top prosecutor has ordered ousted President Hosni Mubarak be detained for 15 days pending investigation into a new case of corruption by him and his family for pocketing state funds slated for the presidential palaces. Mubarak, 84, in detention since April 2011, is currently held in a military hospital because of health issues. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
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Posted: 4/7/2013 10:43:31 AM EST
FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 file photo, the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sits during his meeting with Emirates foreign minister, not pictured, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s state news agency says the country’s top prosecutor has ordered ousted President Hosni Mubarak be detained for 15 days pending investigation into a new case of corruption by him and his family for pocketing state funds slated for the presidential palaces. Mubarak, 84, in detention since April 2011, is currently held in a military hospital because of health issues. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
