The new Lula? Capriles promises to mix capitalism with socialism, Brazil-style
President Hugo Chávez wasn't the only Venezuelan who rose from the political dead after the mayhem of April 2002 when two days after being ousted in a civilian-military coup he was restored to power by throngs of his supporters. Henrique Capriles Radonski, then the 29-year-old mayor of a Caracas borough and a political opponent of Chávez also experienced demise and resurrection in that episode. After the coup, Chávez's socialist government accused Capriles of inciting an anti-Chávez riot outside the Cuban embassy during the putsch. Capriles insisted that he'd tried to prevent the unrest, but he was jailed for...
