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FILE - In this April 19, 2013 file photo, a supporter of Venezuela's newly sworn-in President Nicolas Maduro holds a picture of late President Hugo Chavez during Maduro's inauguration in Caracas, Venezuela. Civil rights and liberties around the world declined for the eighth straight year, dragged down by the Egyptian military's coup, Venezuela clinging to authoritarianism and Russia's crackdown on opposition groups, according to a pro-democracy watchdog group. (AP Photo/Gil Montano, File)

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A boy holding a red rose stands outside the East cemetery chapel where a closed memorial service was held for Monica Spear, a popular soap-opera actress and former Miss Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Assailants shot and killed Spear and her Irish ex-husband, Henry Thomas Berry, in the presence of their 5-year-old daughter when they resisted a robbery, authorities said. Spear and Berry were slain by the assailants late Monday night on a roadside near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela's main port, after their car broke down. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

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Funeral service workers push the coffin that contain the remains of Monica Spear, a popular soap-opera actress and former Miss Venezuela, into the East cemetery chapel in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Assailants shot and killed Spear and her Irish ex-husband, Henry Thomas Berry, in the presence of their 5-year-old daughter when they resisted a robbery, authorities said. Spear and Berry were slain by the assailants late Monday night on a roadside near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela's main port, after their car broke down. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)