Venezuelan Opposition Loses to Chavez Allies in Elections
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Venezuela’s opposition lost ground in regional elections while retaining its de facto leader as the country braces for another national vote should President Hugo Chavez lose his battle with cancer.
Opposition candidates lost the governorship in five of eight states they held before yesterday’s vote, the national electoral council reported. Chavez allies took 20 of 23 states nationwide, building on the 58-year-old president’s re-election win in October. Opposition governor and former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski said that his re-election in Miranda state was an isolated win for his supporters.