Venezuelan Opposition Movement Showing Signs of Fragmentation

Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the Hugo Chavez government decision not to renew the broadcasting license of Venezuela's most popular television channel - RCTV. The student movement and mass protest that followed was a blow to the popularity of Chavez. It contributed to the December election defeat of a referendum that would have significantly increased the president's power. This year, one prominent veterans of that movement is running for Mayor of the largest and poorest section of Caracas. Despite the enthusiasm that has greeted his candidacy, a closer inspection reveals an increasingly fragile and divided opposition movement. Martin Markovits reports from Caracas

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