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Venezuela Presidential Elections May Lead to Instability
Venezuela will hold a presidential election on 7 October 2012; currently the social order in Venezuela may become unstable due to frequent protests. The main candidates are the incumbent Hugo Chávez, representing the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela, PSUV) and Henrique Capriles Radonski, representing Justice First (JF). Current President Chavez, who is seeking re-election, has been in office for fourteen years, and so far Henrique Capriles is the only candidate who may break Chavez's dreams of continuing to serve in office. Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Capriles took to the streets showing their position of support; however, two protesters were killed by the opposition supporters in an event. If the JF party wins the election, the whole government will undergo big changes and a period of political instability would follow.
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