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About 21 million people are registered to vote, as reinvigorated opposition aims to end 25 years of socialist rule.

Polls have opened in Venezuela’s presidential election as incumbent Nicolas Maduro faces his toughest electoral battle since he came to power 11 years ago amid an ongoing economic crisis.

Nearly 21 million people are registered to vote, with a reinvigorated opposition trying to end the 25-year rule by the United Socialist Party with the promise to end the decade-long economic crisis that forced seven million people to emigrate.

Lines of voters were seen outside polling stations on Sunday in six different locations around the country, including some that opened late.

“I’ve been here since 5 am I came to vote for change, for a new Venezuela, which will be reborn and because I’m a public worker and we need change to be able to have a dignified salary,” Tibisay Aguirre, a 57-year-old cook who was waiting in line in Maracay in the central state of Aragua told Reuters news agency.

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