Even so, the opposition’s mistakes have been massive, ranging from support for the failed coup against the democratically elected Chávez in April 2002 to the failed strike at PEDEVSA, Venezuela’s national oil company, in early 2003. Nothing is more lethal in politics than failure in direct confrontation.
即使如此，反对派的错误连连。从2002年4月针对民选的查韦斯的流产政变到2003年初委内瑞拉国家石油公司PEDEVSA半途而废的罢工都是如此。在政治中，没有比直接对抗更为致命的了。