Nicolás Maduro invokes memory of Hugo Chávez before Venezuela election
Source: The Guardian
Calling himself the son of the "Christ of the poor", Venezuela's ruling party candidate, Nicolás Maduro, has closed his presidential election campaign with parakeets, footballers and a huge and colourful rally in Caracas ahead of Sunday's vote.
Opinion surveys suggest the political heir of Hugo Chávez is on course for double-digit victory in the oil-rich nation, but his challenger Henrique Capriles has taken heart from recent polls that show a narrowing of the lead.
Like his mentor, Maduro flooded the streets of the capital with hundreds of thousands of red-shirted supporters on his final campaign stop on Thursday.
He was joined on stage by the Argentine football legend Diego Maradona and Adán Chávez, brother of the former president, whose death from cancer on March 5 prompted the election.
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