Sunday, September 30, 2012

Clashing Venezuelan Rallies Leave Two Dead

A mass rally, for presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, was blocked by supporters of sitting President Hugo Chavez, on Saturday.

As the two groups met it quickly became a clash, with injuries on both sides.

But it took a turn for the worse when a van drove by, unleashing bullets into the Capriles' supporters, leaving two dead.

Witnesses said that the van was a government vehicle.

In a statement, Chavez said that those guilty of the crime "will be brought to justice".

The election looks to be a close one, the closest the socialist Chavez has seen in his fourteen year rule.

Capriles, a centrist, seeks to model Venezuela after the model of Brazil's free market mixed with welfare system.

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