BARINAS: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Sunday named a former foreign minister as his party's candidate for a special gubernatorial election in the home state of his predecessor and mentor, Hugo Chávez, that was scheduled after the opposition contender in November's regular contest was retroactively disqualified. Maduro declared Jorge Arreaza as the ruling party's candidate via a livestream connected to a gymnasium in the rural state of Barinas packed with supporters who erupted in cheers as their new candidate promised them a comprehensive review of their communities' needs.
