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Maduro wins Venezuela’s election

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CARACAS  – Ruling party candidate Nicolas Maduro won Venezuela’s presidential election on Sunday with 51 percent of votes, the electoral authority said, allowing him to carry forward the socialist policies of the late Hugo Chavez.

Acting Venezuelan President Maduro gestures to supporters as he leaves after voting for the successor to the late President Chavez, in CaracasMaduro’s young challenger, Miranda state Governor Henrique Capriles, took 49 percent of the ballots, the authority said, in a tighter-than-expected vote.