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Posted: 4/2/2013 6:33:23 PM EST
Venezuela's interim President Nicolas Maduro blows a kiss to supporters from the top of a vehicle as he campaigns in a caravan from Sabaneta to Barinas, in Sabaneta, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Maduro says the best way to honor the legacy of late President Hugo Chavez is for government sympathizers to unite and campaign in favor of his candidacy ahead of the April 14 vote. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 6:33:23 PM EST
Venezuela's interim President Nicolas Maduro waves to supporters from the top of a vehicle as he campaigns in a caravan from Sabaneta to Barinas, in Sabaneta, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. A former union leader and bus driver, Maduro is competing against opposition leader Henrique Capriles in the April 14 presidential election. Invoking the late President Hugo Chavez during a televised speech on Tuesday, Maduro declared: "This victory will belong to our commander!" (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 12:53:24 PM EST
Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles hold up posters of him prior to the start of a march against violence in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 1, 2013. Both Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's chosen successor, and opposition Gov. Henrique Capriles face the challenge of spelling out a vision for a future without Chavez, who dominated this 28 million-person country like few other leaders have during his 14 years in power. Venezuela will hold a presidential election to replace late President Hugo Chavez on April 14. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Posted: 4/1/2013 4:30:43 PM EST
Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro carries a child dressed as national hero Simon Bolivar in front of a poster of late president Hugo Chavez during a campaign rally in the state of Lara March 24, 2013 in this picture provided by the Miraflores Palace. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout
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Posted: 4/1/2013 12:24:11 PM EST
Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro carries a child dressed as national hero Simon Bolivar in front of a poster of late president Hugo Chavez during a campaign rally in the state of Lara March 24, 2013 in this picture provided by the Miraflores Palace. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout
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Posted: 4/1/2013 12:24:11 PM EST
Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro carries a child dressed as national hero Simon Bolivar in front of a poster of late president Hugo Chavez during a campaign rally in the state of Lara March 24, 2013 in this picture provided by the Miraflores Palace. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout
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Posted: 4/1/2013 11:36:02 AM EST
Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro carries a child dressed as national hero Simon Bolivar in front of a poster of late president Hugo Chavez during a campaign rally in the state of Lara March 24, 2013 in this picture provided by the Miraflores Palace. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout
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Posted: 3/30/2013 4:13:24 PM EST
In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, and taken Wednesday March 27, 2013, back dropped by a picture of the late Hugo Chavez Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro greets supporters during a rally in Margarita Island, Venezuela. Holy Week in Venezuela is a time when millions traditionally take a welcome pause from work and politics to go on vacation. Yet that hasn't stopped Venezuela's time-pressed presidential candidates from sprinting through the holidays toward an April 14 election to replace the late Hugo Chavez, as they try to define both themselves and each other within weeks. Maduro Chavez's chosen successor, acting President Nicolas Maduro will run against opposition leader Henrique Capriles. (AP Photo /Miraflores Press Office)
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Posted: 3/30/2013 11:48:38 AM EST
FILE - In this March 19, 2013 file photo, kiss marks left by supporters of Venezuela's former President Hugo Chavez cover a photograph of him hanging on a wall during the annual book fair in Caracas, Venezuela. For his loyal followers, Chavez was already a living legend on par with independence era hero Simon Bolivar even before his March 5 death from cancer. In a mere three weeks, however, Chavez has ascended to divine status, at least according to political rhetoric, as the government and his die-hard loyalists build a religious mythology around him ahead of April 14 elections scheduled to pick a new leader. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
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Posted: 3/30/2013 11:48:38 AM EST
FILE - In this March 5, 2012 file photo, a mural imitating the religious painting The Last Supper covers a wall of a popular housing complex, showing from left to right, Fidel Castro, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Mao Tse-tung, Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx, Jesus Christ, Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan rebel fighters Alexis Gonzalez and Fabricio Ojeda and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela. For his loyal followers, Chavez was already a living legend on par with independence era hero Simon Bolivar even before his March 5 death from cancer. In a mere three weeks, however, Chavez has ascended to divine status, at least according to political rhetoric, as the government and his die-hard loyalists build a religious mythology around him ahead of April 14 elections scheduled to pick a new leader. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
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Posted: 3/30/2013 11:48:38 AM EST
FILE - In this March 5, 2013 file photo, candles, placed by mourner demonstrators, burn in front of an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez outside the Venezuela's embassy in La Paz, Bolivia. For his loyal followers, Chavez was already a living legend on par with independence era hero Simon Bolivar even before his March 5 death from cancer. In a mere three weeks, however, Chavez has ascended to divine status, at least according to political rhetoric, as the government and his die-hard loyalists build a religious mythology around him ahead of April 14 elections scheduled to pick a new leader. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
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Posted: 3/30/2013 11:48:38 AM EST
FILE - In this July 4, 2011 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez kisses a crucifix as he greets supporters from a balcony in Miraflores presidential palace, after returning from Cuba where he underwent cancer surgery, in Caracas, Venezuela. For his loyal followers, Chavez was already a living legend on par with independence era hero Simon Bolivar even before his March 5 death from cancer. In a mere three weeks, however, Chavez has ascended to divine status, at least according to political rhetoric, as the government and his die-hard loyalists build a religious mythology around him ahead of April 14 elections scheduled to pick a new leader. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
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Posted: 3/30/2013 11:48:37 AM EST
FILE - In this March 8, 2013 file photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro stands in front of a portrait of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez after a symbolic swearing in ceremony in the presence of the flag-draped coffin of Chavez at the military academy where the funeral ceremony was held earlier in Caracas, Venezuela. For his loyal followers, Chavez was already a living legend on par with independence era hero Simon Bolivar even before his March 5 death from cancer. In a mere three weeks, however, Chavez has ascended to divine status, at least according to political rhetoric, as the government and his die-hard loyalists build a religious mythology around him ahead of April 14 elections scheduled to pick a new leader. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office, File)
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Posted: 3/26/2013 3:23:30 PM EST
FILE - In this March 7, 2013 file photo, workers of the state-owned telephone company Cantv hang a banner honoring Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on the building housing the company's administrative offices, in Caracas, Venezuela. Politics rule everyday government in Venezuela, from state oil company to subways. State companies such as oil producer PDVSA and the manager of Caracas' subway system used to be known around the world for their professionalism. In recent years, many of those companies have seen service and revenue deteriorate as political cadres rather than engineers were brought in to run everything from oil exploration to mass transit. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
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Posted: 3/26/2013 3:23:30 PM EST
In this March 20, 2013 file photo, people visit the Military Museum where photos of the late President Hugo Chavez are exhibited near his tomb in Caracas, Venezuela. The late leader transformed this country's enormous federal bureaucracy into nothing less than a political arm of the government, say former government workers and experts, with partisan loyalties trumping technical competence in hiring and ministries turning out thousands of civil servants for election year rallies. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 5:49:02 PM EST
Supporters of the late President Hugo Chavez burn a flag with Capriles' campaign logo during a protest in Caracas March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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Posted: 3/21/2013 5:49:02 PM EST
Supporters of the late President Hugo Chavez burn a banner during a protest in Caracas March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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Posted: 3/21/2013 5:49:02 PM EST
Supporters of the late President Hugo Chavez burn a flag with Capriles' campaign logo during a protest in Caracas March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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Posted: 3/21/2013 5:49:02 PM EST
Supporters of the late President Hugo Chavez burn a banner during a protest in Caracas March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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Posted: 3/21/2013 5:22:01 PM EST
Supporters of the late President Hugo Chavez burn a flag with Capriles' campaign logo during a protest in Caracas March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
