Posted on January 27, 2012
In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 1/27/12
In this week roundup: Leopoldo López withdraws from the Venezuelan opposition primaries and throws his support behind frontrunner Henrique Capriles Radonski, a man who TIME speculates may be the one to defeat Hugo Chávez this fall. Meanwhile, Chávez formally requests to leave the World Bank’s international arbitration forum; rampant crime further dampens Venezuela’s business climate; rumors persist that Chávez has less than a year to live; and finally, President Chávez’s daughter ignites a social media uproar by posting a picture of herself posing with a wad of dollar bills. And then there were five, The Economist The campaign to decide who will square off against Hugo Chávez in Venezuela’s October presidential election...