Handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency showing supporters of late President Hugo Chavez paying their last respects to their leader during his funeral at the Military Academy in Caracas, on March 10, 2013. Venezuelan political parties begin registering candidates Sunday for a snap election on April 14, setting the stage for a bruising campaign to succeed the late president Hugo Chavez. 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. AFP PHOTO/PRESIDENCIA/HO — RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO/PRESIDENCIA/HO” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS