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Weekly Report - 04 October 2005
VENEZUELA: AD leader fighting opposition within opposition
Henry Ramos, leader of the opposition social-democratic Acción Democrática (AD), has found himself fighting two battles at the same time, without even counting his confrontation with the government. He is struggling against other opposition leaders who have been advocating abstention in the forthcoming legislative elections, and an internal faction which has obtained an injunction to freeze an AD leadership election.
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