Venezuela's President Maduro confirms will stand for re-election

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves as he arrives for a rally to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez's regime in Caracas, Venezuela January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro confirmed on Wednesday he would stand for re-election, in a vote scheduled to take place before the end of April.

(Reporting by Alexandra Ulmer and Girish Gupta; Editing by Sandra Maler)