Venezuela’s left takes on Chavez in key vote

[naaman fletcher]

CARACAS: A leftist movement disenchanted with the evolution of President Hugo Chavez’s “socialist revolution” hopes to prove itself in key Venezuelan elections this Sunday.

Several small leftist parties have broken off with Chavez, introducing critical voices to a legislature where the main opposition has been absent since boycotting the last elections in 2005.

They are now aiming for more seats in the next, more plural National Assembly, and to offer an alternative to the government and traditional opposition in polarized Venezuela. Like the main conservative opposition, they hope to attract support from Venezuelans disappointed with Chavez’s nationalizations of key industries and concentration of power in 11 years of tumultuous rule. afp

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