Venezuela sets April 14 as date for presidential poll

The national electoral council set the poll date on Saturday one day after Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's handpicked successor, was sworn in as acting president in a ceremony largely boycotted by the opposition, which slammed it as unconstitutional.

Shortly after the date was set, the main opposition coalition announced it had unanimously chosen Henrique Capriles, who lost to Chavez in the October election, as its unity candidate again.

“We have all recognized Henrique Capriles Radonski as the person to embody this option of change,” said Ramon Guillermo Aveledo, executive secretary of the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD).

Capriles wrote on Twitter that he was “grateful” for the offer and would announce soon whether he will accept the nomination. The Miranda state governor was picked by the MUD last year in an unprecedented primary.

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