Meet The Popular Venezuelan Candidate With The Best Chance Of Taking On Maduro
Defying an election boycott, opposition candidate Henri Falcón wants to repair ties with Washington and dollarize the economy.
Rather than a sunny, uplifting campaign message, Henri Falcón, the main opposition candidate in Venezuela's May 20 presidential election, has settled on the more blunt "¡Se va!"
That's Spanish for: "He's leaving!"
The phrase refers to Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's increasingly authoritarian president, who is seeking another six-year term despite leading Venezuela into its worst economic crisis in modern times. Amid hyperinflation, food and medicine shortages, and the mass emigration of Venezuelans, Falcón claims the only path to progress is for voters to give the boot
