Monday, May 21, 2018

Venezuelan President Maduro Wins Re-Election With A Massive Landslide

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is surrounded by supporters as he speaks during a gathering after the results of the election were released, outside of the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, May 20, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Reuters: Venezuela's Maduro re-elected amid outcry over vote

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela’s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process critics decried as a farce propping up a dictatorship.

Victory for the 55-year-old former bus driver, who replaced Hugo Chavez after his death from cancer in 2013, may trigger a new round of western sanctions against the socialist government as it grapples with a ruinous economic crisis.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening moves against Venezuela’s already reeling oil sector.

Venezuela’s election board, run by Maduro loyalists, said he took 5.8 million votes, versus 1.8 million for his closest challenger Henri Falcon, a former governor who broke with an opposition boycott to stand.

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WNU Editor: Yes .... I am being facetious in my headline for this post. 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A great victory for such a democratic country^^

jac said...

That's a 76.3 % win. The record is 100% hold by the famous democratic Saddam Hussein. Mr Maduro shame on you! You are not able to cheat the election as a "real Dictator". Next time do 120%!