But she sure looks like she wants to stick it to her ex-husband, and I say have at it.
Rodríguez's entry into politics will drag Chávez's messy divorce back into the limelight. A decade ago she was the blonde, articulate bride with a baby daughter, Rosinés, who softened the former soldier's image and helped propel him to power.
She briefly became an important and popular political figure but faded from view after the couple divorced in 2004.
Rodríguez is unlikely to become mayor but could become a prominent if idiosyncratic opposition figure, said Arturo Serrano, a political scientist at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in the capital, Caracas. "Marisabel doesn't hesitate to talk about Chávez on TV while holding their daughter, and that is the kind of tactic the opposition likes because to fight a media figure like Chávez you need to shock people in some way."
About this articleClose This article appeared in the Guardian on Wednesday June 11 2008 on p19 of the International section. It was last updated at 10:30 on June 11 2008.
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