Venezuelan opposition in David vs. Goliath battle to unseat Chavez

With Election Day approximately 2 months away, opposition candidates for the Venezuelan presidency are trying to make inroads against Hugo Chavez' high popularity. Of the twenty offical candidates hoping to dethrone Chavez this December two have the best chance to do so: Benjamin Rausseo- a pro-business and pro-Washington candidate best known as a comedian- and Manuel Rosales, who was cheered on by tens of thousands of supporters at a campaign rally in Caracas over the weekend.

Links- BBC, The Latin Americanist (blog), Monsters & Critics

Image- The Economist (U.K.)

Tags- Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, election