Weekly Report - 28 October 2003

At least one pollster in Caracas, Indaga, reports that President Hugo Chávez is recovering ground lost to the opposition. Its latest survey shows that support for him in the referendum on revocation of his mandate rose in the first week of October, from 43% to 45% — while backing for the opposition slipped a point, to 50%, and the proportion of undecided respondents shrank to 5%.