Cov neeg txhawb nqa ntawm ob tus thawj tswj hwm tseem ceeb hauv Venezuela tau sib sau ua ke rau lawv qhov kev sib tw zaum kawg ua ntej kev xaiv tsa hnub Sunday.
Ze li ntawm 19m Venezuelans tau sau npe pov npav hauv kev sib tw nruj.
Kaum tawm txhiab tus neeg txhawb nqa ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Hugo Chavez, uas tab tom khiav mus rau lub sijhawm thib peb, tau ua tiav txoj hauv kev tseem ceeb ntawm lub nroog Caracas.
Nws tus neeg sib tw tseem ceeb, Henrique Capriles, cia siab tias yuav phim cov neeg coob coob thaum nws hais lus hauv nroog Barquisimeto.
Yawg Chavez hais tias nws yuav tsum tau muaj rau xyoo ntxiv los txhim kho nws txoj kev hloov kho kev noj qab haus huv.
Yog tias nws yeej qhov kev pov npav thiab ua tiav nws lub sijhawm, nws yuav muaj hwj chim rau 20 xyoo sib law liag.
Mr Capriles, tus kws lij choj hnub nyoog 40 xyoo thiab yav dhau los tus tswv xeev, tau cog lus tias yuav txhawb kev lag luam thiab tsim cov haujlwm.
'Zoo surprise'
Qhov no zoo li yog kev sib tw thawj tswj hwm nruj tshaj plaws hauv Venezuela hauv ntau dua kaum xyoo, hais tias BBC's Sarah Grainger hauv Caracas.
Qhov kev sib tw tau sib tw hnyav heev, nrog rau cov lus siv zog thiab cov lus iab liam pauv ntawm ob lub chaw pw hav zoov.
Qhov kev sib tw zaum kawg ua ntej qhov kawg ntawm kev xaiv tsa kev xaiv tsa ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv lub tswv yim ntawm ob tus neeg sib tw.
Xya ntawm Caracas txoj hauv kev tseem ceeb tau raug kaw rau kev khiav tsheb, nrog cov neeg txhawb nqa ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Chavez tuaj ntawm thoob plaws lub tebchaws.
Yawg Chavez ua tiav kev kho mob qog noj ntshav tsawg dua rau lub hlis dhau los thiab tau lees paub cov neeg txhawb nqa tias nws kho tau thiab haum rau nws lub sijhawm.
Nws tau mus ncig thoob tebchaws lub lim tiam no thiab yuav xaus nws txoj kev ncig xyuas nrog kev tawm tsam sab nraud ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Palace hauv Caracas.
Yawg Capriles tau xaiv lub chaw ruaj khov ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Chavez, Barquisimeto, nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub poob Lara, rau nws qhov chaw nyob kawg.
Cov kev tawm tsam tau caw cov neeg txhawb nqa los koom nrog Mr Capriles rau "el naguarazo", ib qho kev qhia hauv zos uas txhais tau tias "kev xav tsis thoob".
(BBC Xov Xwm)
