decade.
(TOO BAD HE DIDN'T LEARN FROM IT.....BUT WHAT A PERFECT PATSY FOR THE U.S.)
After overcoming his legal problems, Capriles ran for governor of Miranda state in 2008. He unseated governor Diosdado Cabello, who some analysts see as the president's right-hand man.
"I am visiting our Venezuela, introducing plans for education, health, security, and [Chavez] cannot deal with those proposals. He appeals to a dirty war, to fear."
- Henrique Capriles
He compares his political approach to that of former Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, who promoted pro-business policies, while also developing and funding social programs.
"Capriles' campaign has been very concrete: he has emphasized the problems of job opportunities, assistance to older people, assistance to those who live in extreme poverty.
Education has been also a recurrent topic," Maria Ponce, a researcher at Andres Bello Catholic University, told Al Jazeera.
So why did Leopoldo LÃ ³pez withdraw from the race?.....he struck a deal with Radonski
and this so-called 'Unity Table', which was gathering politicians to become candidates against Hugo Chavez, Lopez threw his support behind Radonski to bolster his campaign, which didn't have a lot of support according to the polls
Lopez is under an 'administrative dishabilitation' which forbids him to work inside public administration because of PROVEN cases of corruption that occurred during one of his administrations as Mayor of Chacao, Lopez had clearly not gained much in the polls since joining the race, in fact some polls suggest he had lost ground and politically it was risky for him personally to perform badly, obtaining even less than ten percent of the vote. There is no question that Lopez' legal case remains an anvil hanging from his neck.
Lopez' withdrawal would make it hard to have a continuous flow of funding that would surely go to the other candidates in the race. The move guarantees this funding.
Clearly, if Leopoldo was going to support someone, it had to be Capriles, he could not back any of the others, including Maria Corina Machado, who so far has shown less progress in gaining support than Lopez, even if we don't have any numbers after her "To Expropriate is to rob" statement. And even if she did, she still does not have a national structure to get out the vote on primary day.
At an campaign event that was filmed, the opposition showed a plan of government that would operate for any of these candidates, should they reach the presidency.... but not even in the plan had they reached an agreement , with one not signing and another signed "but with reserves", and he made some observations:
"We are talking about Maria Machado, Pablo Perez, Pablo Medina, Diego Arria, Leopoldo LÃ ³pez and Henrique Capriles Radonski, so we will have to follow this today because they are saying that they won't even give the citizens the opportunity to vote in these primaries" which were held in February, and "Lopez can already build these alliances"
(SEE 'Venezuela's opposition announces agreements before primary' YouTube)
At a Globovision debate, Henrique Capriles was vague. AGAIN, JUST LIKE RMONEY...One did not get a feeling he has vision or understanding of what makes a country grow and work. He can talk many times of what he did in Miranda. But being President is more than about servicing people and solving current problems, you have to look way down the line, He did not mention one concrete or semi-concrete proposal to that effect, according to one who attended the event. (the "Devils Excrement Blog")
(TOO BAD HE DIDN'T LEARN FROM IT.....BUT WHAT A PERFECT PATSY FOR THE U.S.)
After overcoming his legal problems, Capriles ran for governor of Miranda state in 2008. He unseated governor Diosdado Cabello, who some analysts see as the president's right-hand man.
"I am visiting our Venezuela, introducing plans for education, health, security, and [Chavez] cannot deal with those proposals. He appeals to a dirty war, to fear."
- Henrique Capriles
"Capriles' campaign has been very concrete: he has emphasized the problems of job opportunities, assistance to older people, assistance to those who live in extreme poverty.
Education has been also a recurrent topic," Maria Ponce, a researcher at Andres Bello Catholic University, told Al Jazeera.
So why did Leopoldo LÃ ³pez withdraw from the race?.....he struck a deal with Radonski
and this so-called 'Unity Table', which was gathering politicians to become candidates against Hugo Chavez, Lopez threw his support behind Radonski to bolster his campaign, which didn't have a lot of support according to the polls
Lopez is under an 'administrative dishabilitation' which forbids him to work inside public administration because of PROVEN cases of corruption that occurred during one of his administrations as Mayor of Chacao, Lopez had clearly not gained much in the polls since joining the race, in fact some polls suggest he had lost ground and politically it was risky for him personally to perform badly, obtaining even less than ten percent of the vote. There is no question that Lopez' legal case remains an anvil hanging from his neck.
Lopez' withdrawal would make it hard to have a continuous flow of funding that would surely go to the other candidates in the race. The move guarantees this funding.
Clearly, if Leopoldo was going to support someone, it had to be Capriles, he could not back any of the others, including Maria Corina Machado, who so far has shown less progress in gaining support than Lopez, even if we don't have any numbers after her "To Expropriate is to rob" statement. And even if she did, she still does not have a national structure to get out the vote on primary day.
At an campaign event that was filmed, the opposition showed a plan of government that would operate for any of these candidates, should they reach the presidency.... but not even in the plan had they reached an agreement , with one not signing and another signed "but with reserves", and he made some observations:
"We are talking about Maria Machado, Pablo Perez, Pablo Medina, Diego Arria, Leopoldo LÃ ³pez and Henrique Capriles Radonski, so we will have to follow this today because they are saying that they won't even give the citizens the opportunity to vote in these primaries" which were held in February, and "Lopez can already build these alliances"
(SEE 'Venezuela's opposition announces agreements before primary' YouTube)
At a Globovision debate, Henrique Capriles was vague. AGAIN, JUST LIKE RMONEY...One did not get a feeling he has vision or understanding of what makes a country grow and work. He can talk many times of what he did in Miranda. But being President is more than about servicing people and solving current problems, you have to look way down the line, He did not mention one concrete or semi-concrete proposal to that effect, according to one who attended the event. (the "Devils Excrement Blog")
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