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 News from Around the Americas | July 2006 
Chavez Leads Venez Polls
 Prensa Latina
| | A Bolivian woman stands next to electoral posters and pictures, of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Cuban President Fidel Castro and Bolivian President Evo Morales, on election day in the town Villa 14 de Setiembre, in the coca-growing region of Chapare, Bolivia July 2, 2006. The posters read 'United for the greater nation.' (Reuters/Mariana Bazo) |
Caracas - Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has a popular support of 79.6 percent, according to a survey published Sunday, while the opposition has not yet defined positions for the December 3 presidential election.
A study by Seijas pollsters Jun 28 and published today by the local press, grants Chavez a 79.6 percent support, compared to 77.2 percent received last week.
Participants who rejected his administration were 19.9 percent compared to 22 percent seven days ago.
Several opposition pre-candidates met Saturday with members of the organization Sumate, financed by the United States, to convince its leaders of organizing primary elections and elect a single candidate.
None of the better three candidates attended the gathering, although according to social-democrat Sergio Calderon, two of them will participate.
Calderon stated there is a 90 percent confidence in the election process and that an opposition contender will win next August 13.
The current political crossroads is not a mechanism for the election of a single candidate and keeps on being an alternative to face the polls' decision or defect.
According to the last change, it would concern declassifying electoral organizations to allege a lack of conditions and remove opposition candidates, as they did during the December 2005 parliamentary polls. |
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