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Weekly Report - 3 October 2006
Is Chávez starting to look less confident?
Although it is difficult to detect doubt in a character as bullish as Hugo Chávez , there are signs that with two months to go before elections on 3 December the president is not quite as sure of himself as he seems. The rise of Manuel Rosales in the polls [WR-06-38] means that he is likely to face a contest he did not expect.
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