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Weekly Report - 12 June 2014 (WR-14-23)
VENEZUELA: Opposition radicals risk playing into government hands
The uncertain fate of the radical opposition leader, Leopoldo López, and the government’s apparent unwillingness to reach a political compromise with the main opposition alliance Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD), has left the moderate MUD leadership stuck in a corner and has re-energised the radical wing. Arguably, this is what the government wants – a bitter and polarised political scenario suits its purposes and allows it to galvanise support against a common enemy.
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