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Weekly Report - 20 October 2016 (WR-16-41)
VENEZUELA: Capriles unfazed by institutional bullying
In a press conference on 19 October, the state governor of Miranda and twice-former presidential candidate, Henrique Capriles Radonski, sought to rally opposition morale after the latest judicial blows against its attempts to unseat the unpopular government led by President Nicolás Maduro at the ballot box. Dismissing the supreme court’s latest efforts to impede the opposition’s presidential recall referendum effort, Capriles said he was not worried, citing fresh polls indicating that over three quarters of Venezuelans – 76% – want Maduro out. “Does anyone doubt we don’t have 20% [electoral support] in every state?” he declared.
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