BBC
Though the election is a year away...President Hugo Chavez has relaunched a political coalition designed to help him win the 6-year presidency again...which he has held since 1999.
Grassroots groups and small parties are being courted for his 'Patriotic Pole'.
"We are going to give the bourgeoisie a beating," he proclaimed.
Current opinion polls show him with 60% support...and a large sympathy vote.
Chavez, 57, is recovering from still undisclosed cancer surgery in June.
ALSO SEE: Chavez's health dominates the election. It is the unknown factor. And...newspapers and TV shows are focused on the election...though it is exactly 12 months away.
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=431023&CategoryId=10717
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