Saturday, October 14, 2017

Venezuela: hunger, elections and socialism for all


This Sunday millions of Venezuelans, as part of the electoral cycle, will elect 23 new governors. The leading opposition MUD (Mesa de Unidad Democratica) party is ahead in the polls, and has not shied away from criticizing the complete lack of impartiality and independence of the National Electoral Council (the Venezuela electoral body in charge of supervising the elections). If the elections are fair and transparent the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, loyal to president Maduro Chavez’s hand-picked successor, is predicted to lose 20 governorships. More…

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