Word: copei
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gone to his old friend and the party's president, Raul Leoni, 57, a somewhat aloof and colorless politician who nevertheless can be expected to follow Betancourt's programs. The race for second place could be close, with a slight edge given to the Social Christian Party (COPEI), led by Rafael Caldera, 47, an able and dynamic lawyer. The two parties already operate together as a coalition, are expected to win a controlling majority in Congress and a mandate to carry...
Popular or not, the Central University stands, in many senses, as representative of the nation it purports to teach. The school's political fanaticism (the Copei Social Christians and Accion Democratica are as active as the Communists) is equalled only by the spirit of the country as a whole. Extremists, it is true, revel in the University City's unusual degree of freedom but extremism is a problem endemic to the Venezuelan situation...
Popular or not, the Central University stands, in many senses, as representative of the nation it purports to teach. The school's political fanaticism (the Copei Social Christians and Accion Democratica are as active as the Communists) is equalled only by the spirit of the country as a whole. Extremists, it is true, revel in the University City's unusual degree of freedom but extremism is a problem endemic to the Venezuelan situation...
...little of Betancourt's magnetism. Dour, shrewd and sardonic, with little personal charm, he is more of a backroom politician than a stump-thumping vote getter. For that reason, many Venezuelans had hoped for a continuation of the joint front between A.D. and the Social Christian COPEI party led by Rafael Caldera, 47, an able and personable Caracas lawyer. A.D.'s insistence on Leoni, whom COPEI regards a party hack, diminishes the chance of a united democratic ticket against the left at election time. Even so, Leoni goes into the campaign a clear favorite...
Coolly recognizing his own unpopularity with COPEI and Caldera, Leoni argues that even if they won't help put him in office, they will be bound to support him afterward, and he knows he will need their help and votes if he is to govern effectively. The next regime, says Leoni, should be a coalition even if the party has to go it alone in the election...