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  • A woman passes a mural of Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, in Catia, a slum in Caracas, Venezuela. The Venezuelan government commissions collectives of graffiti artists to plaster the city in murals and stencils that promote the Bolivarian revolution and Chavez's socialist political agenda.

  • A man holds a portrait of Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, in Catia, a slum in Caracas, Venezuela, during a political rally. After 12 years in power, Chavez is gearing up for legislative elections this Sunday. It's an important test for his socialist revolution.

  • Supporters of Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, reach for free t-shirts and hats during a political rally in Catia, a slum in Caracas, Venezuela. After 12 years in power, Chavez is gearing up for legislative elections this Sunday. It's an important test for his socialist revolution.

  • Anti-Imperialist graffiti in the El Junquito slum in Caracas, Venezuela.

  • Chavistas, supporters of Hugo Chavez, march in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 in favor of a proposed amendment to their National Constitution which would abolish presidential term limits and give Chavez the ability to run for re-election indefinitely. Venezuelans will vote on the amendment on February 15, 2009.

  • Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, (center) waves to supporters during a political rally in Catia, a slum in Caracas, Venezuela. After 12 years in power, Chavez is gearing up for legislative elections this Sunday. It's an important test for his socialist revolution.

  • Supporters of Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, cheer during a political rally in Catia, a slum in Caracas, Venezuela. After 12 years in power, Chavez is gearing up for legislative elections this Sunday. It's an important test for his socialist revolution.

  • **Please contact Aurora Photos for sales/licensing of this image**<br /> www.auroraphotos.com<br /> sales@auroraphotos.com or 207-828-8787 x300<br /> (Aurora Image ID: 9964400007)<br /> <br /> A National guardsman votes Sunday morning in Venezuela's regional elections. Venezuela held elections across the country today, including 22 of the 23 state governorships, 328 mayors and 233 state legislators.

  • Chavistas, supporters of Hugo Chavez, march in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 in favor of a proposed amendment to their National Constitution which would abolish presidential term limits and give Chavez the ability to run for re-election indefinitely. Venezuelans will vote on the amendment on February 15, 2009.

  • Members of a special tactical division of the Sucre police force conduct a late night foot patrol in Petare. The Petare slum is one of the most violent areas of Caracas, Venezuela, reporting over a dozen homicides every weekend. According to the ngo, the Venezuelan Observatory of Violence (OVV), Caracas has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world, with two people murdered every hour, a homicide rate that has quadrupled over the twelve year presidency of Hugo Chavez. Equally disturbing is the level of impunity, corruption and incompetency in the Venezuelan judicial system. OVV reports that 91% of crimes go unsolved in Venezuela.

  • Members of a special tactical division of the Sucre police force conduct a late night foot patrol in Petare. The Petare slum is one of the most violent areas of Caracas, Venezuela, reporting over a dozen homicides every weekend. According to the ngo, the Venezuelan Observatory of Violence (OVV), Caracas has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world, with two people murdered every hour, a homicide rate that has quadrupled over the twelve year presidency of Hugo Chavez. Equally disturbing is the level of impunity, corruption and incompetency in the Venezuelan judicial system. OVV reports that 91% of crimes go unsolved in Venezuela.

  • Hector, 24, writhes in pain as doctors repair an artery in his arm. According to Hector, men robbed him and cut his arm with a machete outside his home in Petare. The Petare slum is one of the most violent areas of Caracas, Venezuela, reporting over a dozen homicides every weekend. According to the ngo, the Venezuelan Observatory of Violence (OVV), Caracas has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world, with two people murdered every hour, a homicide rate that has quadrupled over the twelve year presidency of Hugo Chavez. Equally disturbing is the level of impunity, corruption and incompetency in the Venezuelan judicial system. OVV reports that 91% of crimes go unsolved in Venezuela.

  • Venezuelans in opposition of President Hugo Chavez and a controversial proposed amendment to their National Constitution march in the streets of Caracas on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. In February Chavez celebrates his 10th anniversary in power, he is asking Venezuelans to vote Feb. 15th on an amendment to abolish presidential term limits and allow him to run for presidential office indefinitely. Current term limits will force Chavez to leave office in 2012.

  • Power lines in Petare, a large slum in Caracas, Venezuela. President Chavez has initiated water and electricity rationing throughout the country, telling citizens that wasting electricity is a crime; and that they should limit showers to three minutes.

  • Maria Gabriela Cabeza Pompa, 5, (left) and her cousin, Andrea Acosta, 9, (right) sit with their damaged television set in the Jose Felix Ribas slum in Petare, a large group of slums in Caracas, Venezuela. "Now I can't watch cartoons" sighs Maria Gabriela. The T.V. was damaged by electrical shorts, a common complaint among Petare residents since the government initiated electricity rationing; cutting off power for several hours, several times a week.

  • Residents of Petare, a district heavily populated by shantytowns, wait in line to vote outside of their polling station in the east end of Caracas, Venezuela. Petare has previously been largely supportive of leftist President Hugo Chavez, although his party is expected to draw a smaller percentage of the vote during this election. Elections are being held across the country today, including 22 of the 23 state governorships, 328 mayors and 233 state legislators.

  • Residents of Petare, a district heavily populated by shantytowns, check voting directions outside of their polling station in the east end of Caracas, Venezuela. Petare has previously been largely supportive of leftist President Hugo Chavez, although his party is expected to draw a smaller percentage of the vote during this election. Elections are being held across the country today, including 22 of the 23 state governorships, 328 mayors and 233 state legislators.

  • A young Venezuelan waits near a polling station for President Hugo Chavez to arrive on February, 15, 2009 in a slum in Caracas, Venezuela. Chavez asked Venezuelans to vote on a proposed amendment to their National Constitution to abolish presidential term limits. The amendment passed, and will allow Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely.

  • Wilmer Euclida Fuentes, (seated), 34, waits first in line for the polls to open at 6am in the Chacao municipality of Caracas, Venezuela on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Venezuela held regional elections across the country today, including 22 of the 23 state governorships, 328 mayors and 233 state legislators.

  • Retired professor Luis Salazar Bricono, 76, has his finger inked after casting his ballot early Sunday morning in the Chacao municipality of Caracas, Venezuela. Elections are being held across the country today, including 22 of the 23 state governorships, 328 mayors and 233 state legislators..

  • A schoolgirl waits for the bus in El Vigia, Venezuela on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. Municipalities across Venezuela, from Caracas to the smallest rural areas remain covered in opposing graffiti messages from the recently voted on and defeated referendum proposal to the National constitution.

  • A seamstress at a government-run garment factory cooperative sews red t-shirts for Hugo Chavez's socialist party. The t-shirts were given to Chavez supporters at a political rally. After 12 years in power, Chavez is gearing up for legislative elections this Sunday. It's an important test for his socialist revolution.

  • Workers at a government-run garment factory cooperative screen print Hugo Chavez's face and political slogan on red t-shirts. The t-shirts were given to Chavez supporters at a political rally. After 12 years in power, Chavez is gearing up for legislative elections this Sunday. It's an important test for his socialist revolution.

  • Chavistas, supporters of Hugo Chavez, march in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 in favor of a proposed amendment to their National Constitution which would abolish presidential term limits and give Chavez the ability to run for re-election indefinitely. Venezuelans will vote on the amendment on February 15, 2009.

  • A supporter of Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, reaches for a free t-shirt during a political rally in Catia, a slum in Caracas, Venezuela. After 12 years in power, Chavez is gearing up for legislative elections this Sunday. It's an important test for his socialist revolution.

  • Chavistas, supporters of Hugo Chavez, march in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 in favor of a proposed amendment to their National Constitution which would abolish presidential term limits and give Chavez the ability to run for re-election indefinitely. Venezuelans will vote on the amendment on February 15, 2009.

  • Urban street art depicting Ernesto "Che" Guevara in El Valle, a slum on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela. The Venezuelan government commissions collectives of graffiti artists to plaster the city in murals and stencils that promote the Bolivarian revolution and the political agenda of President Hugo Chavez.

  • Che Guevara impersonator, Jose Lopez waits near a polling station for President Hugo Chavez to arrive on February, 15, 2009 in a slum in Caracas, Venezuela. Chavez asked Venezuelans to vote on a proposed amendment to their National Constitution to abolish presidential term limits. The amendment passed, and will allow Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely.

  • Pedro Briceno, 72, receives a "revolutionary" hair-cut from Ana Urdaneta a 60-year-old barber who offers discounted haircuts to the elderly under a red tent decorated with posters of Chavez. "I ask people to pay what they can. These are solidarity prices," she says.

  • Jorge Rodriguez, 74, receives a "revolutionary" hair-cut from Ana Urdaneta a 60-year-old barber who offers discounted haircuts to the elderly under a red tent decorated with posters of Chavez. "I ask people to pay what they can. These are solidarity prices," she says.

  • Hillside slums at dusk in Caracas, Venezuela. The Venezuelan government commissions young graffiti artists to plaster the slums in murals and stencils that promote the Bolivarian revolution and the political agenda of President Hugo Chavez.

  • Government subsidized food, packaged with a political cartoons that support Hugo Chavez's socialist party.

  • A woman looks at a Cafe Venezuela menu board in Caracas, Venezuela. Each coffee or food item is listed with two prices, the "market price" and the "fair price," which is approximately 50 percent lower. Cafe Venezuela is a chain of coffee shops run by Hugo Chavez's socialist government that serves locally grown coffee, and traditional Venezuelan food, all sold at discounted, "socialist" prices.

  • Chavez supporter Josant Kilka from Peru distributes pamphlets describing Chavez's contributions to Venezuela in front of a Chavista campaign office in Caracas, Venezuela on Jan. 27, 2009. In February President Hugo Chavez will celebrate his 10th anniversary in power. He is asking Venezuelans to vote Feb. 15th on an amendment to the National Constitution that would allow him run indefinitely for presidential office. Current term limits would force Chavez to leave office in 2012.

  • A class discusses Bolivarian values at the religious school run by the Seventh-day Adventist church, in the Maurak indigenous Pemón village in Canaima National Park in Venezuela's Gran Sabana.

  • Tshirts and hats depicting Revolutionary leaders such as Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, and Che Guevara for sale in Caracas, Venezuela.

  • Venezuelan-American Eva Golinger, poses for a portrait by a painting of revolutionary hero, Simon Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela. Golinger is an outspoken supporter of Venezuelan President, Hugo Chávez, who she said refers to her as, La novia de Venezuela ("The Sweetheart of Venezuela"). Golinger is an attorney, book author and regularly published writer. She passionately defends Chávez, his socialist policies and his Bolivarian revolution in much of her work, and says it is unfortunate that the American mainstream media portrays him as a tyrant dictator.

  • Chavistas, supporters of Hugo Chavez, march in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 in favor of a proposed amendment to their National Constitution which would abolish presidential term limits and give Chavez the ability to run for re-election indefinitely. Venezuelans will vote on the amendment on February 15, 2009.

  • Venezuelans in opposition of President Hugo Chavez and a controversial proposed amendment to their National Constitution march in the streets of Caracas on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. In February Chavez celebrates his 10th anniversary in power, he is asking Venezuelans to vote Feb. 15th on an amendment to abolish presidential term limits and allow him to run for presidential office indefinitely. Current term limits will force Chavez to leave office in 2012.

  • Venezuelans in opposition of President Hugo Chavez and a controversial proposed amendment to their National Constitution march in the streets of Caracas on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. In February Chavez celebrates his 10th anniversary in power, he is asking Venezuelans to vote Feb. 15th on an amendment to abolish presidential term limits and allow him to run for presidential office indefinitely. Current term limits will force Chavez to leave office in 2012.

  • Venezuelans in opposition of President Hugo Chavez and a controversial proposed amendment to their National Constitution march in the streets of Caracas on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. In February Chavez celebrates his 10th anniversary in power, he is asking Venezuelans to vote Feb. 15th on an amendment to abolish presidential term limits and allow him to run for presidential office indefinitely. Current term limits will force Chavez to leave office in 2012.

  • Josefina Uzcategui, 57, (center) stands with her newly purchased refrigerator in the Jose Felix Ribas slum in Petare, a large group of slums in Caracas, Venezuela. Uzcategui's refrigerator and microwave were both damaged by electrical shorts, a common complaint among Petare residents since the government initiated electricity rationing; cutting off power for several hours, several times a week.

  • A mural depicting President Barack Obama as Santa Clause near Bolivar Plaza in Caracas, Venezuela. The Venezuelan government commissions collectives of graffiti artists to plaster the city in murals and stencils that promote the Bolivarian revolution and the political agenda of President Hugo Chavez.

  • Venezuelans in opposition of President Hugo Chavez and a controversial proposed amendment to their National Constitution take a lunch break at a pizzeria during a march in the streets of Caracas on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. In February Chavez celebrates his 10th anniversary in power, he is asking Venezuelans to vote Feb. 15th on an amendment to abolish presidential term limits and allow him to run for presidential office indefinitely. Current term limits will force Chavez to leave office in 2012.

  • Chavistas, supporters of Hugo Chavez, march in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 in favor of a proposed amendment to their National Constitution which would abolish presidential term limits and give Chavez the ability to run for re-election indefinitely. Venezuelans will vote on the amendment on February 15, 2009.

  • Alfredo Villapol, 74 (left) and Luis Salazar Bricono, 76, (right) wait to vote in Venezuela's regional elections early Sunday morning. Bricono arrived at 4:30am to begin the long wait, which lasted several hours before he cast his ballot. Venezuela held elections across the country today, including 22 of the 23 state governorships, 328 mayors and 233 state legislators.

  • Venezuelans vote on a proposed amendment to their National Constitution on February 15, 2009 in Caracas, Venezuela. The amendment, to abolish presidential term limits passed, and will allow President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely.

  • Venezuelans held pivotal elections that politically empowered the opposition movement against leftist President Hugo Chavez and his Socialist revolution on Sunday, Nov 23, 2008. Elections were held across the country for 22 of the 23 state governorships, 328 mayors and 233 state legislators.

  • Charlie Rodriguez, a hotel worker, (center) rallies with other Chavistas, the term coined for supporters of the current leftist President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, in the streets near the presidential palace while they await the results of Sunday's elections in Caracas. Venezuela held elections across the country including 22 of the 23 state governorships, 328 mayors and 233 state legislators.

  • Venezuelans in opposition of President Hugo Chavez and a controversial proposed amendment to their National Constitution march in the streets of Caracas on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. In February Chavez celebrates his 10th anniversary in power, he is asking Venezuelans to vote Feb. 15th on an amendment to abolish presidential term limits and allow him to run for presidential office indefinitely. Current term limits will force Chavez to leave office in 2012.

  • Chavistas, the term coined for supporters of the current leftist President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, rally in the streets near the presidential palace while they await the results of Sunday's elections in Caracas. Venezuela held elections across the country including 22 of the 23 state governorships, 328 mayors and 233 state legislators.

  • Chavistas, the term coined for supporters of the current leftist President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, rally in the streets with a portrait of Simon Bolivar, near the presidential palace while they await the results of Sunday's elections in Caracas. Venezuela held elections across the country including 22 of the 23 state governorships, 328 mayors and 233 state legislators.

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