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September 16, 2012

Why Hugo Chavez's Challenger Is So Confident

Jim Wyss, Miami Herald

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Venezuela’s Oct. 7 elections are looming and opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, 40, has been barnstorming the country to shore up votes. The majority of polls still have President Hugo Chávez, 58, ahead but there are also signs that the race is tightening in the home stretch. The Miami Herald caught up with Capriles on the campaign trail earlier this month in northern Venezuela.

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TAGGED: Henrique Capriles, Henrique Capriles Radonski, Latin America, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez

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