Maduro Wins Venezuela's Election With 51% Of Votes

[Yogur griego]

This crystal clearly democratic spectacle is exactly what the K chorros have in mind for la Argentina.

 

[Joe]

CFK is breathing a sigh of relief as the Vulture Wannabe Capriles would call in the Argentine loans and selfishly use the money for the Venezuelan people.

 

[Rich One]

Cacerolazo in favor of Capriles all over Venezuela NOW ..... 10 pm hora de Bs. As

 

[Yogur griego]

http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/04/15/opinion/1366053077_127121.html

 

[Gringoboy]

The ballot boxes ... being destroyed..!!

OK, but Ejcot, where and by who.
I know the why, but what is the source?
Or can't you say? lol

 

[syngirl]

Of course Argeentina is going to call the vote crystal clear and swoon over Maduro -- had Capriles won he already said he was going to cut Argentina off of their oil deals and call for payment of over 13 billion in loans -- at a moment when Argentina needs to make more payments on their debts, and the Buitres are potentially being called in (Argentina offered the crappiest deal for those -- oh we'll pay you, with more crappy bonds!) -- Venezuela could be the tipping point.

I agree with one of the previous posters, maybe best to let Maduro screw it up on his own, let the Venezuelans all see what a moron he is, then Capriles may have a chance of coming into power. The thing is Capriles may not be a great president either, he will have a very tough job coming into power after so many years of Chavez. I wouldn't be surprised that if he ever does make it into power he'll last only one term and then someone else will come along.

 

[citygirl]

Election results are quite easy to check (electronic vote + paper ballot).
Election was monitored by UNASUR, MERCOSUR, Carter Center, UNIORE & others.

Strangely enough, the 2009 coup in Honduras wasn't worth any thread on BAexpats.

Chavez was a populist and Maduro certainly is one. They developped relations with controversial leaders (Ahmadinejab for instance... While Halliburton is operating in Iran btw and nobody complains about that, jeje). The economical situation is a mess, lots of insecurity but it's important too to keep a balanced vision of the facts (less poverty, better Education, etc.). Let's not be blinded by our own political beliefs.

Still, this close to 50/50 result announces some instability (20% of the voters can call for a referendum, etc.), something Venezuela doesn't need. Let's hope that once the results will be certain, Capriles will have the maturity to accept its defeat.

Last, very few countries in a world have lived so many elections in the past 10/15 years. Despite the populism & such, no real fraud was detected.

This confirms that Latin America is writing a new page of its own history, with a strong loss of US influence, in a more multipolar world.

This has nothing to do with the US. The cries of fraud are coming from inside Venezuela and the Venezuelans are the ones demanding recounts and protesting.

 

[scotttswan]

OK, but Ejcot, where and by who.
I know the why, but what is the source?
Or can't you say? lol

photos all over social media showing the Venezuela authorities doing it.

 

[lamarque]

So bad for venezuela

 

[Rich One]

They should go to a boxing match between Maduro and Capriles... the winner takes all , Like in Troy war Aquiles and Menealao (Poor Patroclo)