Venezuelan Opposition Candidates Unite Against Chavez In Debate / Inédito debate en Venezuela de los precandidatos opositores a Chávez en 2012

The Venezuelan opposition candidates vying to challenge the re-election bid of President Hugo Chavez Monday said the government has failed to tackle rampant crime, mismanaged the economy and undermined the country's courts. The presidential hopefuls were taking part in a televised debate and though ostensibly competing among themselves, turned their attacks on the ruling regime. While rarely mentioned by name until the closing statements, Chavez loomed large over the first presidential debate of the election season, as the opposition politicians maintained an alliance aimed at unseating the powerful incumbent ( more...)/ Los cinco candidatos opositores a medirse con el presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, en las elecciones de 2012 celebraron el lunes un debate televisado centrado en las principales preocupaciones de la juventud, una rareza en la cultura política venezolana reciente. Los gobernadores Henrique Capriles y Pablo Pérez, la diputada María Corina Machado, el ex alcalde Leopoldo López y el diplomático Diego Arria tomaron la palabra en la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) en Caracas, en un evento organizado vía la red social Twitter por un movimiento estudiantil ( más...)