Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) -- Standing in his food shack under posters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a Caracas slum, 70-year-old Miguel Bigello relays his backhanded support for Barack Obama. "For all the deaths he's caused, he's not touched Latin America," he said. "The other guy [Mitt Romney] is too radical. He will fight here for the oil." The elderly man is an avid supporter of Chavez, his "Comandante," and in the small wooden hut sits a carving of the face of Che Guevara as well as a poster depicting Latin American independence hero Símon Bolívar. Postcard: Why 'Obamagic' has worn off in Nigeria
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Hugo Chavez endorsed Obama, calling him a 'good guy'
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Venezuela-U.S. relations have been rocky for more than a decade
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Romney's harder stance on Chavez appeals to Venezuelan opposition
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America remains Venezuela's biggest oil market
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