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On Sunday, election officials said that incumbent Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías won re-election to a new six-year term. Chávez defeated his main contender opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski. Election council chief Tibisay Lucena said that Chávez gained 54.42 percent and Capriles 44.97 percent, with 90 percent of the vote counted. Speaking at his campaign headquarters, Capriles congratulated Chávez on his victory. Last month, Capriles, 40, said that the socialist leader was more interested in promoting his self-styled revolution around the world than in addressing power cuts, unemployment, and high crime rates in the Venezuela. In early September, Chávez, 58, said that he was convinced he’d win 70 percent of the vote in the 7 October presidential election.
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President Vladimir Putin congratulated Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías on his re-election for a fourth term. Chávez, 58, won Sunday’s election, beating opposition challenger Henrique Capriles Radonski with 54.6 percent of the vote. The outspoken socialist president will lead the Latin American country for another six years. The Kremlin press service said, “On Monday, in a telephone conversation, President Vladimir Putin congratulated President Hugo Chávez of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on his victory in the election and wished him further success in his state post, which bears a high degree of responsibility”. Both leaders praised the success in the development of bilateral ties and vowed to continue productive cooperation in various areas, including defence, energy, housing, and banking.
Venezuela is a leading importer of Russian arms. Between 2005 and 2007, Caracas signed 4 billion USD (124.5 billion Roubles. 3.1 billion Euros. 2.5 billion UK Pounds) worth of arms deals with Russia to buy Sukhoi fighter jets, combat helicopters, air defence systems, and small arms. Russian participation in a number of joint oil projects with Caracas secure Russian loans to Venezuela. Recently, Russian state-controlled oil giant Rosneft gained access to the Carabobo 2 block for 1.2 billion USD (37.4 billion Roubles. 924 million Euros. 748 million UK Pounds) paid upfront and a 1 billion USD (31.1 billion Roubles. 770 million Euros. 623 million UK Pounds) loan to Venezuelan state energy company PDVSA. Rosneft is also one of five Russian companies in a consortium working with PDVSA to develop the Junin Block 6 of the Orinoco belt.
8/9 October 2012
RIA-Novosti
Maduro Beats American-Backed Lickspittle to Win Venezuela Election… American Toady Cries Foul
Tags: 2013 Venezuelan presidential election, Bolivarian Revolution, Henrique Capriles Radonski, Hugo Chávez, Hugo Chávez Frías, Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, Nicolás Maduro, Nicolás Maduro Moros, political commentary, politics, socialism, Socialist, Socialists, United States, USA, Venezuela
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On Sunday, election officials in Venezuela said that United Socialist Party candidate Nicolás Maduro Moros, the protégé of the late Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, narrowly won the snap presidential election. According to preliminary official results announced by the National Electoral Council, Maduro won 50.7 percent of the vote, whereas his rival, Miranda State Governor Henrique Capriles Radonski, gained 49.1 percent. During his election campaign, Maduro, 50, pledged to push forward Chávez’s “21st century socialism”, which brought popular health, education, and food programmes to the poor. Capriles, 40, vowed to bring change {that is, he wanted to kick ordinary people in the head and turn the country over to the mercies of the affluent effluent and their American paymasters: editor} to the nation of 29 million people if elected. Chávez, who’d ruled Venezuela for 14 years, died on 5 March at the age of 58 after a two-year-long fight with cancer. He named Maduro as his successor before undergoing his last surgery in December. Capriles refused to recognise his rival’s victory and called for a recount, citing irregularities in the vote. Maduro insisted that the election results were legitimate.
15 April 2013
RIA-Novosti
http://en.rian.ru/world/20130415/180641955/Maduro-Narrowly-Wins-Venezuela-Election.html
Editor’s Note:
Boo-hoo! See how the righties act when they’re whipped? Sure, there was ballot-stuffing… by the Americans and their local quislings! Capriles is pissed off because Langley promised him the election, but they couldn’t deliver… poor baby! The Americans hate Maduro because he’s a man of the working-class… why, they have no right to govern! Power belongs to lawyers and other educated people, dontcha know! The Bolivarian Revolution survived an open election, despite American interference. This was the high-water mark for the righties in Venezuela… break out the bubbly and cheer. The USA won’t interfere militarily… it’s tied down by its warmongering misadventures in Central Asia, the Mideast, and Korea (“imperial overreach” at its finest, isn’t it, kids). Ain’t it a bitch…
BMD