Venezuela Election: Could Capriles Really Beat Chavez?

October 06, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Hugo Chavez is one of the most colorful and high profile political leaders in the world, but what about his lesser-known challenger? He is young, energetic and for the last eight months months has traveled all around the country to convince Venezuelans to vote for him. And the effort has paid off. Forty-year-old Henrique Capriles Radonski is the best chance that the opposition has had in years of beating Chavez. Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo joined him on the campaign trail.

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Henrique Capriles Radonski

Henrique Capriles Radonski is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer. From 2000 until 2008, Capriles was the mayor of Baruta Municipality of Caracas. In November 2008, Capriles was elected Governor of Miranda, defeating Diosdado Cabello. After winning the election primaries in Feb... Explore this topic

Hugo Chávez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan politician who was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the Un... Explore this topic

Venezuelan presidential election, 2012

The Venezuelan presidential election of 2012 was held on 7 October 2012 to choose a president for the six-year term beginning February 2013. After the approval of the Ammandment No. 1 of the Constitution of Venezuela in 2009, which abolished term limits; incumbent Hugo Chávez,... Explore this topic

Politics of Venezuela

The politics of Venezuela occurs in a framework explained in Government of Venezuela. Venezuela has a multi-party system, with numerous parties. The governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela, PSUV) was created in 2007, uniting a numbe... Explore this topic

Venezuela

Venezuela, officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America. Venezuela's territory covers around 916,445 square kilometres with an estimated population of 29,105,632. Venezuela is considered a state with extremely high... Explore this topic

President of Venezuela

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