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Caribbean-Latin America
Oogo's Boy Maduro Wins Venezuela's Election With 51% Of Votes
2013-04-15
(Rooters) - Ruling party candidate Nicolas Maduro won Venezuela's presidential election on Sunday with 51 percent of votes, the electoral authority said, allowing him to carry forward the socialist policies of the late Hugo Chavez.
Of course, those policies depended on the price of oil being stable...
Maduro's young challenger, Miranda state Governor Henrique Capriles, took 49 percent of the ballots, the authority said, in a tighter-than-expected vote.
This may even be true.
I'm guessing it was actually 60-40 to Capriles. I'm further guessing that Maduro's boyz had expected it to be 50-50 and planned to make it 60-40 for him, so they're quite surprised at the result.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  They counted all 30 Million votes in 3 hours and announced victory. It's a fraud. Capriles won handily I bet.
Posted by: newc   2013-04-15 22:29  

#4  Cqpriles is calling for a Cacerolazo (which is like a Hartal with pots and pans) tonight.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-04-15 17:01  

#3  Capriles might want to consider a speedy retirement from public life.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-04-15 09:26  

#2  Can't wait to see "Nick the Mad" take the bus over the cliff...
Posted by: imoyaro   2013-04-15 07:48  

#1  50.1% is a stunning defeat. Incompetent even at stealing elections, Maduro won't last a year
Posted by: Frank G   2013-04-15 07:42  

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