TOPSHOTS 2012-VENEZUELA-ELECTION-CHAVEZ

TOPSHOTS 2012-VENEZUELA-ELECTION-CHAVEZ

— AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2012 —
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gestures before voting in Caracas on October 07, 2012. Venezuelans voted Sunday with President Hugo Chavez’s 14-year socialist revolution on the line as the leftist leader faced youthful rival Henrique Capriles in his toughest electoral challenge yet. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta