Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez faces the toughest election of his 14-year rule tomorrow, pitting his charisma and oil-financed largesse against fresh-faced challenger Henrique Capriles's promise of jobs, safer streets and an end to cronyism.
Mr Chavez, 58, staged a remarkable comeback from cancer this year and wants a new six-year term to consolidate his socialist revolution.
State governor Mr Capriles, 40, has run a marathon eight-month campaign of house-by-house visits, galvanizing the historically fractured opposition and setting up its best shot at the presidency since 1998.
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