Andrés Velásquez

Andrés Velásquez, born in 1953, rose through the steelworkers' union of SIDOR, of which he was general secretary, and became one of the leaders of La Causa Radical after the death of its founder Alfredo Maneiro in 1982. He was governor of Bolívar state from 1989 to 1995 and a member of the National Assembly from 2000 to 2006.

The party's presidential candidate in 1983, 1988 and 1993, he took fourth place with 22 per cent of the vote in 1993, the year Rafael Caldera won with 30.5 per cent. He ran again for the governorship of Bolívar in 2008, 2012 and 2017, finishing a close second each time and alleging irregularities in the last two contests.

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Venezuelan Velásquez, with s.

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