March 22, 2013

An Election in the Shadow of Chavez

Peter Wilson, Foreign Policy

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Venezuelan presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski is hoping to complete a trifecta of victories against the country's vice presidents in next month's election to choose a successor to fallen leader Hugo Chávez.

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