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Related: About this forumVenezuela's ruling party wins surprise victory in regional elections
Candidates in Venezuela aligned with the movement founded by the late President Hugo Chávez have claimed most of the country's governorships, despite projections that the opposition would win. The results were likely to result in fresh unrest in the troubled nation.
Reporting from Caracas, NPR's Philip Reeves says: "Polls said Venezuela's opposition were going to be big winners in these elections. Instead, the ruling Socialist Party are now celebrating what Maduro calls 'a decisive victory,' after taking 17 of the country's 23 state governorships."
Opposition politicians are refusing to recognize the results of the poll, Philip reports.
"Maduro's critics want to know how his unpopular government secured this outcome amid an economic crisis that's produced chronic shortages of food and medicine and the collapse of the currency," he says.
The results were announced late Sunday by Tibisay Lucena, president of the National Election Council.
At: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/16/557977291/venezuelas-ruling-party-wins-surprise-victory-in-regional-elections
GatoGordo
(2,412 posts)Last edited Mon Oct 16, 2017, 01:08 PM - Edit history (1)
Surprise victory? This isn't a surprise to anyone who has been following what is going on in Venezuela. What is surprising is that Maduro and Chavismo didn't run the board with wins in every seat. Why not? They claimed to have over 8 million people voting "for" the ANC.
85% of the population now living in poverty?
5,400,00% devaluation of the Bolivar?
2000% inflation per annum?
No food? No medicine?
Worst violent crime rate in the world?
What's not to love about Chavismo?
OBenario4
(252 posts)Looks like Venezuela in real life is quite different from Venezuela at DU or US press.
GatoGordo
(2,412 posts)Maduro just made it so they couldn't prove it.
Not that it matters. This "outcome" was expected.