Chávez: Opposition campaign is "misleading, biased"

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez held on Monday his first press conference as a presidential candidate for the election of October 7. He availed himself of the opportunity to urge his followers to "keep on approaching other strata where there is no clarity" about his revolution.

"This election campaign that is starting should consolidate the awareness to keep on moving towards other strata where there may be no clarity or confusion cashed in on by the bourgeoisie through lies," the president said.

He specified that on October 7 the country political horizon would be cleared up. "We will know whether there will be or not homeland."

Chávez labeled the opposition campaign as "misleading, biased," in reference to the visit paid by challenger Henrique Capriles Radonski to indigenous communities.