英闻天下——391 Venezuela's Ruling, Opposition Camps Ready for Race

 　　The Leader of the Venezuelan opposition¹ and presidential candidate Henrique Capriles is accusing acting² President Nicolas Maduro of harming the economy.

 

　　"You took over the government and in one hundred days, you devaluated the currency by 50 percent, you introduced a series of economic measures, and everything you have done you have tried to do it by hiding behind the image of the president."

 

　　This comes while Venezuela's ruling and opposition parties gear up for the upcoming presidential elections.

 

　　Capriles of course, the candidate of the opposition and he will be going up against Nicolas Maduro who's registered under the ruling United Socialist³ Party.

 

　　Maduro was sworn in as acting president following the death of the country's leader Hugo Chavez.

 

　　His appointment has been criticized by the opposition as unconstitutional, who say it should have been the speaker of the National Assembly Diosdado Cabello, and not Maduro as the acting president.

 

　　Maduro though, is confident he'll be chosen by the country as their next leader in the upcoming elections.

 

　　"We have information that the opposition will try to sabotage⁴ with violent acts to justify⁵ a suspension of the election. But our people are clear that if the opposition stays (in the campaign) until 14 April - welcome to democracy - our people will know what to do. I'm sure in my heart that the people will choose me as president of the republic."

 

　　The election is in accordance with the Venezuelan Constitution which requires a new poll to be held within 30 days after the death of a head of state.

 

　　Nicolas Maduro and Henrique Capriles are the only two candidates when the voting begins on the 14th of April.

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

4 sabotage   

n.怠工，破坏活动，破坏；v.从事破坏活动，妨害，破坏

参考例句：

• They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
• The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。

5 justify   

vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护

参考例句：

• He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
• Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？