Student Leader Assassinated

Our short-term political risk rating falls this month from 72.9 to 71.7 due to a downgrade in the social stability subsection from 50.0 to 45.0. This is associated with the rise in public unrest caused by the murder of University of Zulia student leader, Julio Soto, in Maracaibo on October 1. Soto was a member of the Un Nuevo Tiempo, the party that controls the state of Zulia, led by Manuel Rosales, President Hugo Chávez' fierce opponent. While there has been no conformation that the murder was politically motivated, it highlights the rising threat to social

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