Henrique Capriles, the defeated candidate in last week’s Venezuelan presidential elections, has insisted he will continue his fight against socialist firebrand Hugo Chavez.
Mr Capriles, the grandson of Jewish immigrants, will run for governor of Miranda, one of the South American country’s most important states, in December.
He lost to Mr Chavez by 1.5 million votes, but succeeded in uniting a disjointed opposition and gave the president, who referred to him as a “pig” during the campaign, the closest fight of his 14-year reign.
Mr Capriles, whose great grandparents died in Treblinka, had promised to end Venezuela’s cosy relationship with Iran as one of his election pledges.
