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A supporter holds up placards as he waits the arrival of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro before a meeting with Portuguese and Venezuelan businessmen in Lisbon June 18, 2013. The placards depict pictures of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (L), late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C) and the Venezuelan flag. A supporter holds up placards as he
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is greeted by far left-wing activists holding a photo of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, as he arrives to make a press statement, in Rome, Sunday, June 16, 2013. Maduro is scheduled to meet Pope Francis Monday, June 17, during a private audience at the Vatican. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
Palestinian military officials stand under a sign flying the Venezuelan flag following the opening of a new street in the name of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez on June 15, 2013, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinian military officials stan
Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni waves to supporters outside her house in Caracas June 14, 2013. A Venezuelan court on Friday granted parole to Afiuni, who is regarded by the opposition as a political prisoner of the late Hugo Chavez after imprisoning her in 2009 on corruption charges. Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni waves to
Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni waves to neighbors after leaving her apartment complex where she was under house arrest in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, June 14, 2013. Venezuelan authorities on Friday freed the judge who arrested in 2009 after then-President Hugo Chavez objected to one of her rulings, and who became a cause celebre for the opposition and international human rights groups. Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni waves to
Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, center, leaves her apartment complex in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, June 14, 2013. Venezuelan authorities on Friday freed the judge who arrested in 2009 after then-President Hugo Chavez objected to one of her rulings, and who became a cause celebre for the opposition and international human rights groups. Afiuni had crossed Chavez by freeing a banker accused of violating currency controls while he awaited trial. He fled the country and sought asylum in the United States. Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, center,
Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni gestures as she walks out of her apartment in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, June 14, 2013. Venezuelan authorities on Friday freed the judge who was arrested in 2009 after then-President Hugo Chavez objected to one of her rulings, and who became a cause celebre for the opposition and international human rights groups. Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni gestures
In this photo provided by Miraflores presidential press office, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a event in Valera in the state of Trujillo, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. At left is his Vice President Jorge Arreaza and at right Governor of Trujillo state Rangel Silva. On Wednesday, Maduro said late President Hugo Chavez appeared to him a second time in the form of a bird. In this photo provided by Miraflore
Venezuelan judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni greets her neighbors from her home in Caracas, on June 8, 2013. Venezuelan prosecutors requested on Friday probation for Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, under home-arrest since 2011 for alleged corruption in a case for which the late Hugo Chavez personally requested a sentence of 30 years in prison. Venezuelan judge Maria Lourdes Afiu
A banner in tribute to the late President Hugo Chavez hangs from the tribune during the 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match between Bolivia and Venezuela in La Paz June 7, 2013. A banner in tribute to the late Pre
Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni waves from the window of her house in Caracas June 7, 2013. Venezuela's attorney general proposed on Friday to end the house arrest of Afiuni who was detained on corruption charges in 2009 and alleged that she was raped in prison. Afiuni's detention for the past three years and alleged mistreatment behind bars has made her a cause celebre for foes of the late President Hugo Chavez. Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni waves fr
Anti-government protesters, one wearing a T-shirt with an image of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, pray during Friday prayers in Istanbul's Taksim square June 7, 2013. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan flew back to a Turkey rocked by days of anti-government unrest on Friday and declared before a sea of flag-waving supporters at Istanbul airport: Anti-government protesters, one wea
Venezuelan circus artista juggle during a show at the Cuartel de la Montana in Caracas, on June 5, 2013, during a ceremony three months after former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death. Venezuelan circus artista juggle du
Venezuela's National Assemby President Diosdado Cabello (R) attends a ceremony three months after Hugo Chavez's death, at the Cuartel de la Montana in Caracas, on June 5, 2013. Venezuela's National Assemby Presid
(L-R) Venezuelan Firts Lady Cilia Flores ,Venezuela's National Assemby President Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez'sfather Hugo de los Reyes Chavez and Vice-President Jorge Arreaza attend a ceremony three months after Hugo Chavez's death, at the Cuartel de la Montana in Caracas, on June 05, 2013. (L-R) Venezuelan Firts Lady Cilia F
View of the barracks 4F, a former military museum which is now the mausoleum of late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas May 27, 2013. Picture taken May 27, 2013. View of the barracks 4F, a former m
A Venezuelan soldier fires a cannon at 4:25pm at the mausoleum of late President Hugo Chavez to mark three months after his death in Caracas, June 5, 2013. A Venezuelan soldier fires a cannon
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reacts while attending a mass at the mausoleum of late President Hugo Chavez to mark three months after his death in Caracas, June 5, 2013. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
Honor guards stand around the mausoleum of late President Hugo Chavez to mark three months after his death in Caracas, June 5, 2013. Honor guards stand around the mauso
Venezuelan national assembly president Diosdado Cabello (R) and Electricity Minister Jesse Chacon stand next to the mausoleum of late President Hugo Chavez as they visit to mark three months after his death in Caracas, June 5, 2013. Venezuelan national assembly presid
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro plants a tree at the mausoleum of late president Hugo Chavez to mark three months after his death in Caracas, June 5, 2013. Venezuela's President Nicolas Madur
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, right, gestures as National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello looks on during a ceremony marking the third month since President Hugo Chavez died, at the Military Museum where his remains rest in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Chavez died on March 5, 2013. Venezuela's President Nicolas Madur
Presidential honor guard soldiers stand around the tomb of Venezuela s late President Hugo Chavez during a ceremony marking the third month since Chavez died, at the Military Museum in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Chavez died on March 5, 2013. Presidential honor guard soldiers s
A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez takes part in a rally backing a constitutional amendment, in Caracas, on February 12, 2009. Venezuelans will vote next February 15 in a poll seen as a popularity test for ever-present President Hugo Chavez. The closely-fought referendum, to be decided by a simple majority, is on changing the constitution to scrap term limits for mayors and governors as well as for Chavez, whose current term expires in 2012. A supporter of Venezuelan President
An altar sits next to a mural featuring the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during Corpus Christi celebrations in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Residents donned colorful masks and bright red costumes as they danced through the streets of this small Venezuelan town on Thursday for its annual commemoration of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic holiday celebrating the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine. An altar sits next to a mural featu
Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles talks to Venezuelans who live in Colombia in Bogota, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Capriles claims Maduro, the anointed successor of the late President Hugo Chavez, stole the April 14 presidential election through fraud, voter intimidation and abuse of government resources. Venezuela's opposition leader Henri
A Soviet-era Moskvich car is driven as a man holds a bottle of petrol to feed the carburetor to run the engine in Havana May 28, 2013. Russian state-owned oil company Zarubezhneft said this week it was giving up for now on a problem-plagued exploration well off Cuba's north-central coast, which brings to an end the communist-led island's only active project in its search for offshore oil fields. The news was not all bad because the company said it would return to the same spot next year. But it was another blow to Cuba's hopes for energy independence, which have acquired new urgency with the March death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the communist-led island's top ally and benefactor. Picture taken May 28, 2013. A Soviet-era Moskvich car is driven
Supporters of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez shout slogans against Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles at Bolivar Square in Bogota on May 29, 2013. Supporters of late Venezuelan presi
Leopoldo Castillo, anchor and director of TV station Globovision, speaks during his daily broadcast 'Alo Ciudadano' (Hello Citizen) in Caracas May 28, 2013. A flagship Venezuelan TV channel known for its militant opposition to late socialist leader Hugo Chavez has toned down under new owners, depriving the opposition of a favored platform as it fights a new government. During Chavez's tumultuous 14-year rule, Globovision played a controversial and high-profile role: it was derided by officials as a pro-U.S., law-breaking broadcaster but feted in the opposition as a beacon of free speech. Picture taken May 28, 2013. Leopoldo Castillo, anchor and direc
Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles, left, and Senate President Roy Barreras, shake hands during a press conference at the Congress in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Capriles visited Bogota to meet President Juan Manuel Santos and legislators to discuss his country's political situation after the April presidential election in which he narrowly lost to Nicolas Maduro, the hand picked successor of late president Hugo Chavez. Venezuela's opposition leader Henri