Venezuala strongman is sick, but not out.
by Gwynne Dyer
"Nobody said it was going to be easy" is the campaign slogan that Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski chose for the presidential election next October, and that remains true. Taking on incumbent President Hugo Chavez, an accomplished populist and self-styled "revolutionary," is a tall order: for 13 years, he has seen off all comers. But challenging Chavez is getting easier.
It's too early to write Chavez's political obituary, but he is not a well man. Only a year after he had a cancerous growth removed from his abdomen, and despite four bouts of chemotherapy, he is back in Cuba for further treatment. Another tumour has been cut out from the same location, and this time he will require radiation therapy. The signs are not good…
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About Gwynne Dyer
Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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