Venezuela News & Views: “I regard Lopez, Machado and Arria as my favorites right now because each one of them is doing what is right, what needs to be done if we want to do more than just beat Chavez in 2012.
Diego Arria has probably no chance and he has to suffer to get his 100K signatures so that the MUD will let him run as an independent. But he is the perfect president for a transition that will last at least a couple of years, when the new government will need to negotiate tough agreements with all sorts of countries that have screwed up Venezuela and that will demand payment. After all, they signed with Venezuela, not with Chavez, and it is not their fault if we were stupid enough to put Chavez in office. Diego Arria has the experience for that and the contacts. And he also understands that micromanagement does not work and he will hire the people to do the job wherever they are needed. I sense that last part from no one other candidate except a little bit from Leopoldo Lopez even though many accuse him of autocratic tendencies of his own. And if you think that I did not cover Diego Arria, think again: I covered extensively his fight to preserve his farm and his principled position against the regime (which did not do him much good).” Link
