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Venezuela's armed forces in the middle of coups and voting
The poor darlings. It must be such a mental strain.
[El Universal] The event of the opposition getting enough votes to beat President Hugo Chavez in an election has been a scenario surveyed by the government for some years. Will we arrive at 2012 without mishaps on the way? In such a scenario, would the current president hand over office to a dissenting successor in a standard democratic transition?

That is the wish of many Venezuelans, and opposition leaders regard it as a viable aim after the results of the parliament election on September 26. However,
The infamous However...
 two recent occurrences cloud the horizon. On the one hand, President Chavez warned that in the event of a victory by the opposition, the country would enter a scenario of violence. On the other hand, his Strategic Operations Commander suggested that the Bolivarian National Armed Forces would disregard a government led by the opposition.
Posted by: Fred 2010-12-12
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