Did Lacava try too hard?
One possible reason why Rafael Lacava wasn’t chosen to be PSUV’s gubernatorial candidate in Carabobo could be his obsession with putting his face (and his wife’s) on every billboard available in the area (e.g., –
Like many locally-elected chavista officials, Lacava has also put a huge number of commercials on local TV, including in LaTele. He recently opened a football center for kids and brought Vinotinto captain Juan Arango and FC Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdez to Puerto Cabello.
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