Henrique Capriles Radonski is a Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n politician

Politician

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. From 2000 until 2008, Capriles was the mayor of Baruta Municipality

Baruta Municipality

Baruta Municipality belongs politically to the Greater Caracas Municipality in Venezuela. It is located geographically in the South-East section of the city. Its western limit is the Los Chaguaramos neighborhood and limits to the east with the Colinas de Los Ruices neighborhood, in the Sucre...

 of Caracas

Caracas

Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

; he launched his candidacy for the Miranda state

Miranda (state)

Miranda State is one of the 23 states into which Venezuela is divided. It is ranked second in population among Venezuelan states, after Zulia State. In June 30, 2010, it had approximately 2,987,968 residents. It also has the greatest Human Development Index in Venezuela, according to the...

 government in 2008. In November 2008, Capriles was elected the new Governor of Miranda, defeating Diosdado Cabello

Diosdado Cabello

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Henrique Capriles was born in Caracas on July 11, 1972. He studied law at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

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 and became a specialist in Commerce Law in 1994. He took courses in Tax Law at the Central University of Venezuela

Central University of Venezuela

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Capriles has also taken courses at the IBFD International Tax Academy in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, the Centro Interamericano de Administradores Tributarios in Viterbo

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, Italy

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, and Columbia University

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 in New York.