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    Venezuela's Chavez wins re-election

    •October 8, 2012
    • Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez perform a mock funeral for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles as they celebrate in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Chavez won re-election and a new endorsement of his socialist project Sunday, surviving his closest race yet after a bitter campaign against Capriles.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
    • Accompanied by his daughter Rosa Virginia, left, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures to supporters as he leaves the polling station after voting in the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Chavez is running for re-election against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
    • Adrea Leon holds a sign saying she supports the elections in Venezuela as she boards one of fifty buses traveling to New Orleans from Miami to vote in the Venezuelan election Saturday Oct. 6th, 2012. The Venezuelan government closed the down its consulate in Miami where the largest population of Venezuelans reside in the United States.(AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan)
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    Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez perform a mock funeral for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles as they celebrate in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Chavez won re-election and a new endorsement of his socialist project Sunday, surviving his closest race yet after a bitter campaign against Capriles.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

    Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez perform a mock funeral for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles as they celebrate in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Chavez won re-election and a new endorsement of his socialist project Sunday, surviving his closest race yet after a bitter campaign against Capriles.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

    President Hugo Chavez

    won re-election and a new endorsement of his socialist project Oct. 7,

    surviving his closest race yet after a bitter campaign in which the

    opposition accused him of unfairly using Venezuela's oil wealth and his

    near total control of state institutions to his advantage.