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In reply to the discussion: Chavez foe seen victim of anti-Semitism in Venezuela [View all]joshcryer
(62,536 posts)...exonerated him of that. It was because during the unrest the Cuban embassy was surrounded and Capriles jumped the wall and went in there to calm the situation and assure the Cuban ambassadors that he would take care of the mob. It was spun that Capriles single handedly led the entire mob.
I expect Capriles to win the elections, it will be tight, but once all is said and done I expect the vote to come out in his favor.
I say this because the Chavezista's (and Chavez himself) are already trying to put doubt in the veracity of Venezuelan Elections (which is by itself a laugh because there just is no way to game the system without it being obvious, if you want I can explain why, it's rather brilliant and we should adopt it). They know momentum is not on their side. A little known fact, but one of the big reasons Chavez was voted into office was because there was a high murder rate in Venezuela. It has jumped to ten times what it was when Chavez was sworn in. The Venezuelan people have had enough.