Continuity: with 50.75% of the votes, Nicolás Maduro was elected President. In 14 years, it is the sixth election to the presidency that carries the revolutionary proposal to victory. Despite the magnitude of an unprecedented mass mobilization in defense of the revolution, the opposition rose to 48,98%, five points higher than the same candidate’s outcome in October. The difference…
Etiqueta: Green Left Weekly
Venezuela: Coup attempt defeated by counter-coup
“The coup has already been defeated” declared Nicolas Maduro, the winner of the April 14 presidential elections, mid-morning on April 16. By that time, seven people had been assassinated by fascist bands who were activated the night before in attacks at headquarters of the governing Unified Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), popular health centres and houses recently turned over…