NBC's Kerry Sanders answers questions about Chavez re-election

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In Venezuela, Hugo Chavez won another 6-year term as president of the oil-rich nation with official results showing the socialist leader garnering 54 percent of the vote. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports. CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez scored a comfortable election victory and vowed to deepen his self-styled socialist revolution after a bitterly fought race against a youthful rival who has galvanized Venezuela's opposition.

The state governor who lost Sunday's presidential vote, Henrique Capriles, accepted defeat as Chavez swept to a 10-point victory margin, the smallest yet for him a presidential race. Chavez won 55 percent of the vote against 45 percent for Capriles with more than 90 percent of the vote counted.

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