Chavez Going Down Tomorrow in Venezuela?
10.07.2012 at 03:50am
After 14 years in power, Hugo Chavez confronts a tough challenger in Venezuela election by Juan Forero, Washington Post.
Weakened from battling cancer and visibly bloated, President Hugo Chavez is fighting for his political life in Sunday’s presidential election, as he faces a charismatic challenger who has energized a once-disunited opposition in a way none of the populist leader’s foes ever has.
At stake is the president’s experiment to remake Venezuela, a 14-year transformation characterized by the expropriation of private companies, diplomatic initiatives to counter U.S. influence and a near-mystical bond with the country’s poor masses…
