"Venezuela Defence & Security Report 2013" Published
President Hugo Chavez defeated Henrique Capriles Radonski from the opposition's Mesa de la Unidad Democratica (MUD) coalition in the October 7 2012 election. While opinion polls offered a mixed picture, with polling results ranged from a 20-point lead for Chavez to a two-point lead for Capriles, they broadly suggested a Chavez victory. Moreover, although the August 25 explosion in Venezuela's largest refinery Amuay, which killed at least 42 people hurt Chavez's popularity, in our view it was not an election...
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