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Seated...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eOnly a few residents of an impoverished, hilltop neighbourhood outside Venezuela's capital came out to greet opposition candidate Yon Goicoechea as he campaigned in a small park ahead of Sunday's mayoral elections. \u003cbr/\u003e              Seated on a park bench he enthusiastically introduced himself and shook hands with a man, who returned the compliment by launching into a lecture about opposition politicians he said have turned their backs on ordinary people suffering during the worst economic crisis in the country's history. \u003cbr/\u003e              The encounter experienced by Goicoechea mirrors the cold reception anti-government candidates are receiving across Venezuela. \u003cbr/\u003e              Voters will choose mayors in all of  Venezuela's 335 municipalities in the last national election scheduled to take place before next year's presidential race, in which President Nicolas Maduro is expected to seek re-election. \u003cbr/\u003e              Still bruising from a shock defeat in recent gubernatorial races, the opposition is limping into Sunday's vote deeply divided, with three of the four biggest parties in the Democratic Unity coalition boycotting the race altogether. \u003cbr/\u003e              None of that much fazes Goicoechea, who is no stranger to adversity. \u003cbr/\u003e              The 33-year-old spent 15 months in jail, without a trial, accused of inciting violence against the state for leading student protests earlier this year. \u003cbr/\u003e              He walked free in November but has been hounded ever since by criticism from his one-time allies who accuse him of cozying up to officials by agreeing to mount a campaign in the district of El Hatillo in greater Caracas that they say validates Maduro's sham democracy. \u003cbr/\u003e              Goicoechea, who was granted Spanish citizenship while imprisoned, told The Associated Press that his release was the product of months of negotiations with authorities who offered his freedom in exchange for a pledge to leave the country or compete in elections. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"We are making the campaign a protest,\" said Goicoechea, adding that every opportunity to expose the government's lies at the grassroots is precious with pivotal presidential elections just months away. \u003cbr/\u003e              The last time the opposition refused to compete, in congressional elections in 2005, it strengthened the government's hand for years. \u003cbr/\u003e              Some analysts say the same divide and conquer tactics will this time provide a needed boost for Maduro, who is likely to seek re-election even though he remains the target of voters' scorn for triple-digit inflation, rampant crime and a melting currency. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"It will create the sensation of reaffirmation and absolute victory of the official party against those of the opposition,\" said Professor Carlos Luna, a political analyst. \u003cbr/\u003e              In October's gubernatorial elections opposition candidates suffered a crushing defeat, winning just five of 23 races amid widespread allegations of vote-buying and irregularities at polling stations. \u003cbr/\u003e              The humiliation only grew when four of its winning candidates took their oath before the constitutional assembly, whose creation by Maduro to usurp the authority of the opposition-controlled congress fuelled months of protests that left more than 120 dead and thousands injured. \u003cbr/\u003e              The social crisis is also testing the unity of the normally disciplined ruling party. \u003cbr/\u003e              In response Maduro has shut out dissenters like longtime oil czar Rafael Ramirez, who was forced this week to resign as Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations after criticizing his handling of the economy. \u003cbr/\u003e              In the downtown Caracas district of Libertador, long a government stronghold, a former Maduro supporter is making a rare challenge to the president's hand-picked candidate. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Our democracy is at risk,\" said one of the leftist candidates, Eduardo Saman, who served as Maduro's chief price regulator but now says he's blocked from even talking to his former boss. \u003cbr/\u003e              Erika Farias, the government's candidate from Libertador, acknowledged that Venezuela's problems are serious. \u003cbr/\u003e              But she said that trusting anyone other than the government to solve them would be misguided. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"They are only problems that we can solve in revolution and only we can do it with the organization of the people, with our national government,\" she said, predicting a landslide win for Maduro's allies in the vote. \u003cbr/\u003e              But the frictions in the government pale in comparison to the deep divisions and battling egos within the opposition making it difficult to predict if Maduro's opponents will be able to rally behind a single candidate in next year's presidential election.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Caracas -  4 December 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Various of Yon Goicoechea, Caracas Mayoral opposition candidate, speaking with a resident on a park bench\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Resident holding Goicoechea's finger while they speak\u003cbr/\u003e              3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Yon Goicoechea, Caracas' Mayoral opposition candidate:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"This time we are campaigning not as if it's a party, we are making the campaign a protest.  A protest against an unjust electoral process.  A protest against a government that has brutally repressed Venezuelans; that has placed, unconstitutionally, a National Constitutional Assembly, this year and that has, as of today,more than 300 political prisoners who remain in prison.  Until one month ago I was one of those political prisoners and today I can return to the street.  Today I can continue denouncing, and I can continue to believe that Venezuelan democracy be built step by step and that is why I am here.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              4. Goicoechea shaking another resident's hand and walking away\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Caracas -  7 December 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Rally with hundreds of people for Caracas' mayoral government candidate (PSUV), Erika Farias\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Farias on the stage during the campaign rally dancing with a baby in her arms \u003cbr/\u003e              7. Wide of supporters at campaign rally\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Farias kissing the baby\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Caracas -  4 December 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Various of Farias seated at a table with other panel members \u003cbr/\u003e              10. Farias speaking to reporters\u003cbr/\u003e              11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Erika Farias, government-backed candidate (PSUV) for Caracas Mayor:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It is a difficult city, I'm sorry, complex not difficult.  We were saying that it is a city with great potential, capacity and, well, we put it like that with our characteristic simplicity. None of the problems the city has scares us.  They are only problems that we can solve in revolution and only we can do it with the organization of the people, with our national government and with our Simon Bolivar national project.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Various of banners for Farias on light poles on a main street\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Caracas -  8 December 2017 \u003cbr/\u003e              13. Various of Professor Carlos Luna, political analyst,  seated at a table where a meeting is taking place\u003cbr/\u003e              14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Professor Carlos Luna, political analyst:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The fact that there has not been some reference points regarding what are the established, larger political parties, of the democratic table, the Table of Democratic Unity (MUD) will obviously generate a dispersion, will generate demobilisation in people, many of wh don't know who are the candidates in their jurisdiction, or, if they know, there are many and that is different from the official (government) party's candidate which creates a situation of disadvantage.  So, it might be that the results, even though it may not be like this, but it will create the sensation of reaffirmation and absolute victory of the official party against those of the opposition.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Caracas – 6 December 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Various of Eduardo Saman, Caracas Mayoral candidate greeting his supporters\u003cbr/\u003e              16. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Eduardo Saman, Caracas Mayoral candidate:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We consider that we are rescuing the spirit of struggle of the Venezuelan left, and of Chavismo, and therefore our option, is the winning option, it is the option of dignity. People are outraged by what is happening, by what they are doing to me in this electoral process, which questions the electoral institution, which questions the Venezuelan democratic system, that is, our Venezuelan democratic system is at risk. The government is negotiating with the Venezuelan opposition, behind the backs of all the people.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              17. Man holding a banner with Saman's party colours and is wearing a Saman shirt\u003cbr/\u003e              18. 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