Arab Venezuelans Divided Over Election to Replace Chávez
As Venezuela goes to the polls Sunday to elect a successor to the late President Hugo Chávez, Ali Hashem examines whether they will they vote to keep the policies of a government that featured a number of Arab Venezuelans.
CARACAS, Venezuela — A fierce battle is being fought in Venezuela. It's not only a battle for the presidency in Sunday’s election, but also a war between supporters of the late Hugo Chávez and those who opposed him.
It is a war over how much the March 5 death of the longtime Venezuelan president has changed the rich-but-poor South American republic. Chavistas backing interim president Nicolás Maduro chant the slogan, “Chávez is still alive, Chávez is Maduro.” Yet the opposition is campaigning with the goal of showing that the post-Chávez era will never be the same.
