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Slideshow Photos of the week Our top photos from the past week. Slideshow Satellite launch stirs passions before Venezuela vote Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Satellite launch stirs passions before Venezuela vote Fri, Sep 28 2012 Venezuela's Capriles edges toward Chavez as vote nears: poll Mon, Sep 24 2012 Insight: Chavez plays populist card for Venezuela election Fri, Sep 21 2012 Venezuela's Capriles goes on offensive after graft accusations Fri, Sep 14 2012 Venezuela's Chavez woos rich, warns of "civil war" Mon, Sep 10 2012 Analysis & Opinion Chinaâ€™s technology revolution Chavez’s cash pump PDVSA runs on empty Related Topics World » Venezuela » 1 of 3. Venezuela's President and presidential candidate Hugo Chavez shakes hands with supporters in Caracas September 28, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Miraflores Palace/Handout By Daniel Wallis CARACAS | Sat Sep 29, 2012 1:18am EDT CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez said the launch on Friday of Venezuela's second satellite showed the achievements of his self-styled revolution just days before he seeks re-election, but his rival said it symbolized his neglect of problems closer to home. "We're seeing history ... . Venezuela has been with China at the forefront of history," Chavez said after standing to applaud during a video link-up between the presidential palace, a launch center in China's Gobi Desert and a Caracas street party. As campaigning in the close election race approaches its final week in South America's biggest oil exporter, both political camps are planning their last huge rallies while making last-minute efforts to win over undecided voters. Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles has mocked Chavez, who he says is focused on spreading his socialist project around the world but has done little to address the daily problems of voters such as crime, power cuts and inflation. A dozen Venezuelan officials were at China's Jiuquan launch center, near the Mongolian border, to watch the rocket carrying the "Miranda" satellite blast off into a clear blue sky. Venezuelan state TV had broadcast hours of build-up alongside the headline "Space Revolution ... a Sovereign View." For Capriles, it was a prime example of what he calls grandiose plans that prove Chavez is out of touch with voters. "How many Venezuelans sleep in a refuge tonight? How many towns without an ambulance? Another satellite for the candidate of continuity. On October 7 this will change," he said on Twitter. In 2008 China launched Venezuela's first satellite - the Venesat-1, or "Simon Bolivar" - to carry communications gear. The second spacecraft will take photographs that Chavez's government says will help it protect the environment, improve urban planning and crack down on illegal mining and drug cultivation. Both satellites were named after 19th-century South American independence heroes. The launch was beamed to big screens at a street party in Caracas's museum district, where Chavez was mobbed by supporters when he arrived earlier in the evening to make a short speech. In the run-up to previous elections, the president has often unveiled many projects in an effort to impress voters. This time, his campaigning has been much less intense, partly because he has suffered two bouts of cancer since June 2011. "YOUR FUTURE" Chavez, 58, says his "bourgeois" foe will scrap his social welfare programs, such as subsidized food stores and programs that make cash payments to poor families with children. "It's your future, young people, not mine. I've lived," he told thousands of red-clad supporters at a rally on Friday. "Some people might be unhappy because of failures by our government. 'They didn't fix the road. The power went off. The water went off. I couldn't find a job.' "Well, that may be true in some cases and I take the responsibility ... . One of my pledges is for greater efficiency in the management of the government." Capriles wants to tap into that frustration over day-to-day issues. He says Chavez's government should have done much more, given the record oil revenue it has been spending. "Don't you think 14 years is enough? Don't you think the time has come to move forward?" he asked at a rally on Friday. "The skinny one is here to make you a commitment and keep to it," he shouted, using the nickname given to him by some supporters. Most of the best-known polls show Chavez ahead, but Capriles' numbers have been inching up and he has a small lead in two surveys. Polls are notoriously controversial in Venezuela and public opinion shifts quickly. Investors expect Capriles to end a five-year nationalization drive if he wins, and reduce state intervention in the economy. Chavez has vowed to strengthen his oil-financed socialism if he gets six more years in office. That will likely mean new confrontations with the private sector, and more support for the president's leftist allies in the region. Venezuela's widely traded debt has risen as Capriles' poll numbers inched up. The price of its popular Global 2027 bond has climbed by more than 3.5 percent in the past week alone. Wall Street would like a more business-friendly leader in Venezuela, although Chavez's government has never given any sign of defaulting on the country's debts. 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