Chavez’s Party Wins 68% of Seats in Venezuela

Venezuela held a very interesting National Assembly election and Chavez's party won a stunning victory with an unheard of percentage of support. The election was certified by four neighboring countries as good. The opposition parties, seeing they had little chance, decided to boycott the elections and discourage as many voters as possible, hoping to achieve a turnout too low to be considered legitimate. They were backed by the U.S. who wants no part of a real democracy in a country whose resources they want, for the U.S. will then have no control of the resources and will have to do business "the old fashioned way....earn it." Not rob it and leave the population in poverty as is done in so many other countries.

Below are several articles, all from Venezuela Analysis. Click on them for each article or click on this to go to the general site where there are even more articles besides those below.

Chavez’s Party Wins 68% of Seats in Venezuela’s Parliament

Caracas, Venezuela, December 4, 2005—Chavez’s party, the Movement for the Fifth Republic (MVR), won 114 or 68% of the 167 seats in the new National Assembly, according to preliminary results that MVR deputy William Lara announced this evening. Pro-Chavez parties won all 167 seats in the new National Assembly.
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