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Venezuelan opposition offers Henrique Capriles to be its candidate in presidential polls

Capriles lost to Chavez in an October election

CARACAS, March 10 (Itar-Tass) - Venezuela's centrist opposition has offered Henrique Capriles to run for Venezuelan president in an election due on April 14 as its candidate.

Acting President Nicolas Maduro, the protege of President Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday, will run as the ruling party candidate.

Capriles lost to Chavez in an October election.