Chavez foe launches presidential bid in Venezuela
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A Venezuelan opposition leader launched his presidential campaign Saturday, challenging President Hugo Chavez to accept him in the race after a human rights court overturned a ban on his candidacy.
Leopoldo Lopez said in a speech to thousands of supporters that Chavez shouldn't try to prevent him from running. Venezuela's top anti-corruption official had barred Lopez from running for office, but the Costa Rica-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights earlier this month ordered election officials to allow him to run. (AP)
