Manuel Rosales, Hugo Chavez’s main opponent in the December Venezuelan election, may or may not be an agent of Yanqui imperialism, and may or may not stand a chance of winning. But why won’t Chavez agree to a one-on-one debate with him?
A supporter greets Rosales
As for Rosales– a social democrat with a plan to transfer oil profits to the country’s poor– these photos from a big campaign rally for him in Caracas earlier this month suggest that his support may extend a bit beyond Venezuela’s blonde, fashionable elite.