A snap election will be held in Venezuela on 14th April to vote for a successor to the late Hugo Chavez.

It comes a day after Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's handpicked successor, was sworn in as acting president, in a ceremony largely boycotted by the opposition, which claimed it was unconstitutional.

The opposition has chosen Henrique Capriles, who lost to Chavez in the October election, as its candidate.