Colombian magazine: Chávez's defeat is likely

In a feature article and a cover story about Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski, Colombian magazine Semana highlighted that the confidence of Venezuelan opposition sectors "has skyrocketed, and national and international analysts agree on saying that President Hugo Chávez can be turned out of office through elections. This assumption, "which was deemed unthinkable until some time ago, is not at all absurd," the article added.

The cover story which is entitled "Chávez's challenger" states that "nobody foresaw the significance of Capriles' victory."

"Capriles was the least anti-Chávez candidate. From the ideological point of view, his profile has been apparently based on his political convenience," the weekly magazine noted.