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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Photos Full Coverage Sitemap Venezuelans head to polls in key vote for Chavez AFP - Monday, September 27 Send IM Story Print Venezuelans head to polls in key vote for Chavez CARACAS (AFP) - – Venezuelans went to the polls on Sunday in crucial legislative elections seen as a key test for populist President Hugo Chavez, with the main opposition poised to make big gains. Chavez, a leader among Latin-American leftists, urged Venezuelans to vote en masse. "The future of Venezuela is at stake," he told official television station VTV an hour before polls opened at 1030 GMT. Ceremonies marking the start of voting included military trumpet concerts -- a tradition in Venezuela, an oil power with the second-largest proven reserves of crude in the world. The opposition was also hoping for high turnout in a bid to gain a foothold in the new parliament after boycotting the 2005 legislative elections. For the past five years, Chavez allies have wielded a powerful majority in parliament, allowing the firebrand leftist to accelerate with little debate his agenda of nationalizing Venezuelan and foreign companies in key sectors of the economy such as mining and hydrocarbons. Chavez has embraced the campaign, hoping his party will keep a strong grip on the legislature to ease more reform after nearly 12 years in power. Some 17.6 million people are eligible to elect 165 new members of parliament, two years before presidential polls. Both the government and the opposition say the outcome of the vote will decide the future of the "Socialist revolution" Chavez advocates. The opposition has put aside differences to unite in the umbrella Table for Democratic Unity (MUD) to fight for its first seats since it boycotted the 2005 vote. They have sought to tap into public concern over one of the world's highest murder rates and economic woes, including record inflation. Polls suggest the vote could be tight, or give a slight lead to the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which is likely to benefit from recent changes to voting districts. Under the new system, the party could win two-thirds of seats with just over half of the vote. "We're not working for a majority, but for hegemony in the assembly. It would be a convincing victory to surpass 110 lawmakers," said Aristobulo Isturiz, head of the PSUV campaign. Candidates from small leftist parties who provided the only dissent in the legislature meanwhile offer an alternative in the deeply polarized nation. In more than a decade of rule, Chavez has nationalized public utilities, key industries and media, and launched health and education programs for the poor. He has also increased pressure on opposition groups and dissidents. The ex-soldier has lost only one of 13 votes organized by his government. A large number of undecided voters were expected to be key to the outcome this time around. Opposition leaders like Delsa Solorzano urged votes for a "plural Venezuela". The country also closed for 24 hours all crossings along its 2,000-kilometer (1,240-mile) border with Colombia, with which it has cut ties several times in recent years, for the election. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro meanwhile denied the government had expelled a Spanish conservative lawmaker, Gustavo de Aristegui, after he said Venezuela had seen a "serious regression in freedoms." De Aristegui, who was invited by the opposition to oversee the vote, was rumored to have been kicked out by the Chavez government. "We're evaluating his comments," Maduro said. Chavez, 56, is strongly influenced by Communist Cuba and often slams US policy, though the United States remains the main buyer of Venezuelan oil. The top US diplomat for Latin America, Arturo Valenzuela, underlined the importance of the vote. "We see it as a very important sign that diverse sectors are taking part in this election," he said. Cuba's former revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has called on Venezuelans to vote "even during bolts of lightning," after torrential rains swept the country, leaving at least eight dead and provoking landslides in hillside slums. 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