Latin America: Week in Review, Venezuela

Venezuela Election: Henrique Capriles Rally Draws Thousands

October 1, 2012 By Staff

Top Story — Henrique Capriles, the Venezuelan opposition candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, led a rally that gathered as many as 260,000 supporters on Sunday.

One week before the presidential election scheduled for Oct. 7, Capriles packed Bolivar Avenue, the biggest road in  Venezuela’s capital.  The crowd of supporters was the largest opposition gathering in recent years.

Read more at the Associated Press.

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