Violent Gang Attacks Opposition Candidate's Caravan

Fears that Venezuela's Dec. 6 legislative elections may lead to violence came to fruition on Sunday, weeks before the vote. The country's opposition party claimed that shots were fired at a candidate's campaign caravan in a poor neighborhood of Caracas. Reuters reported National Assembly member Miguel Pizarro said heavily-armed men confronted him and his backers during a walkabout in the Venezuelan capital's José Félix Ribas de Petare slum, before opening fire. "Neither their shots, nor their pistols, nor their threats can overcome the strength of a people who have decided to change," added Pizarro, who is running for re-election. More…