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...capital with tigers, roosters, flying saucers and other party symbols. In one square, the chief opposition presidential candidate, Rafael Caldera, head of the Social Christian Party, has a huge calendar ticking off the days until el cambio, "the change." In riposte, the governing Acción De-mocrática party is flying two calendars charting the days "until the fourth defeat"-a reference to Caldera's three unsuccessful tries for the presidency...
Outgoing President Raúl Leoni has cut so many ribbons inaugurating public works during the campaign that opponents claim he keeps a pair of scissors in his pocket. Leoni cannot constitutionally succeed himself, but his appearances aid Acción Democrática's candidate. He is Gonzalo Barrios, 65, an adroit and tough politician who, as Interior Minister, put down Venezuela's Castroite rebels...
Generation Gap. Barrios can use all the help he can get. During Acción Democrática's ten years in power, it has fissioned three times, in each instance losing some of its younger and more radical supporters and some momentum for reform. Hoping to charge through that generation gap is Caldera, 52, a talented lawyer who has been trying for the presidency since 1947, and now has assembled the country's smoothest-functioning political machine. Also in the running are four splinter candidates, most notably Acción Democrática Dissident Luis Beltran Prieto...
Venezuela's former President Rómulo Betancourt, 59, flew home from Europe for the first time in four years to try to patch up his splintered Acción Democrática party. The visit was a brief one, though, for there was another party back in Switzerland awaiting Betancourt's ministrations. That would be Renee Hartman Viso, 44, soon to become his wife. Betancourt disclosed that he had divorced his first wife, Costa Rican-born Carmen Valverde, to be free to marry Renee. But his absence during the long divorce proceedings, some Venezuelans believe, may cost...
...social and economic reform. This week, as Venezuela's first president in 134 years to complete his term, Betancourt will turn over the red, blue and yellow sash of office to a freely elected successor: Raul Leoni, 57, a member of his own Acción Democrática Party. Yet Leoni has lost his first political battle before he even begins, and Venezuela seems headed for trouble...