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Supporters of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, queue outside the Military Academy in Caracas on March 10, 2013 to pay their last respects to their leader.Venezuelan political parties begin registering candidates Sunday for a snap election on April 14, setting the stage for a bruising campaign to succeed the late president Hugo Chavez. The national electoral council set the poll date on Saturday one day after Nicolas Maduro, Chavez’s handpicked successor, was sworn in as acting president in a ceremony largely boycotted by the opposition, which slammed it as unconstitutional. AFP PHOTO/RONALDO SCHEMIDT