06/10/2012 11:08
Campaign in Venezuela over
As the Reuters reports, on Friday Venezuelans packed supermarkets to stock up on food and other essentials in case of trouble around Sunday's presidential vote, which was shaping up as the biggest electoral challenge of Hugo Chavez's 14-year rule.
Young state governor Henrique Capriles has gained momentum in the closing days of the campaign and he seemed to have the opposition's best chance of unseating Chavez since the socialist president came to power in 1999, the source reports.
"President Chavez, I thank you for all you have done well. And for all you have done badly, history will judge you," Henrique Capriles told hundreds of thousands of supporters at his closing rally in Lara state on Thursday night.
"Your cycle has finished."