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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has signaled a preference
in the U.S. presidential campaign by comparing Mitt Romney to his own
challenger.
Chavez, who is up for re-election a
month before U.S. President Barack Obama, has in recent weeks expressed
a clear preference for the man currently in the White House.
In
a campaign speech Saturday night, Chavez equated the agenda of his
challenger, Henrique Capriles, with that of Romney, saying both men
represent the callously selfish capitalist elite.
Chavez
claims Capriles, a moderate former governor, is trying to trick
Venezuelans into believing he genuinely cares about the poor, the core
of Venezuelan president's constituency.
"I
believe the person to best explain the loser's agenda isn't Barack Obama
but rather Romney, because it's the extreme right-wing agenda that
borders on the fascism of the United States," Chavez told tens of
thousands of supporters in the western city of Maracaibo.
"In the end, it's the same project," Chavez said, referring to Obama as "a good guy."
