The results for the Venezuelan parliamentary elections will be realeased within the next day or so and the stakes are high. This election is crucial as to whether the legislative power will shift in favor of the opposition or continue under Hugo Chavez, the current president. Chavez has held office for two 6-year terms, where his first gave him much credibility to the public as a "champion of poor communities," yet since his reelection, he has deviated from democracy toward "what he calls a socialist model for the 21st century." Voter turnout has been huge because the people are fed up and the opposition is finally a united voice.
Lacey Watson
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