(Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition voted on Sunday in an primary election to pick a candidate to face socialist leader Hugo Chavez in an October 7 presidential ballot. The former soldier has ruled for 13 years and is leading in the polls ahead of the general election. He has vowed to win a new six-year term despite undergoing cancer surgery last June. Here are some key facts about Chavez: * Born ...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. -- Victor Hugo...

The winning opposition candidate, who will face Hugo Chavez in October's presidential election, lays out his pragmatic, nonconfrontational approach. Fresh from a sweeping victory in the Venezuelan opposition's joint primary, Henrique Capriles declared Monday that the larger-than-expected voter turnout underscored the country's hunger for peace and progress, its "exhaustion" with President Hugo ...

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Venezuelan presidential candidate Henrique Capriles on Monday called for "balanced elections" and criticized the use of government money and slanted coverage in state media as President Hugo Chavez seeks re-election.