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Venezuelan Electoral Authority Announced Nicolas Maduro as Presidential Victor

Razor-thin margin

Reason Staff | 4.15.2013 1:00 AM

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 Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, won a razor-thin victory in Sunday's special presidential election, edging the opposition's leader by only about 300,000 votes, electoral officials announced.

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