18 Jun
Chavez rejects poll debate, irking rival
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez ruled out on Monday holding a pre-election debate with opponent Henrique Capriles, saying he would be "ashamed" to measure himself against such a "non-entity." Stepping up the rhetoric in the polarized South American nation's run-up to the October 7 vote, Capriles replied that Venezuelans were tired of the [...]

