Chavez defends candidate blacklist/Chávez defiende a contralor que inhabilitó a políticos

President Hugo Chavez defended Venezuela's top anti-corruption official on Tuesday for barring roughly 400 potential candidates — most from the opposition — from running in upcoming elections. Chavez railed against his opponents for verbally attacking Comptroller General Clodosbaldo Russian, who has unveiled a blacklist prohibiting some of the opposition's most prominent leaders from participating in November state and municipal elections ( full information)/ El presidente Hugo Chávez brindó el martes su apoyo al contralor general Clodosbaldo Russian que a comienzo de año inhabilitó administrativamente a cientos de políticos para optar a cargos de elección popular ( información completa)