Venezuela's Capriles says Maduro government will fall

Former Venezuelan presidential candidate Henrique Capriles speaks during a meeting with Venezuelan residents in Colombia, in Bogota May 30, 2013. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

SAN FRANCISCO DE YARE, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles says President Nicolas Maduro's government will "cave in" under the pressure of growing economic troubles, in-fighting and a belief by many Venezuelans that it stole the April election.

Capriles is still disputing the election, which he lost to Maduro by a narrower-than-expected 1.5 percentage points. But if, as expected, the fraud claims get nowhere in Venezuela's courts, Capriles says other forces may sink the successor to the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez.