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Result of the referendum in Venezuela

we are everywhere | 16.08.2004 08:34 | Venezuela | Social Struggles

The result of the referendum is a victory for Chavez and the bolivarian revolution: 58% voted for the NO (to the rejection of Chavez). People celebrating on the street.

The official result, given just a few minutes ago, is 58% for the NO (means for Chavez). But this is just counting the votes of poeple that voted by machines. There are quiet a lot more votes from people that live in rural areas and that voted by paper that had not yet been counted. In these areas people are very poor and mostly on the side of the government. So the final result will be probably more than 60%. The opposition wants negociations because of the "small differennce", but people don`t accept that. The question is now if the opposition accepts the result or not. There are tens or eveen hundreds of thousend people out on the street right now, celebrating the victory of the revolution.

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  1. ... — Great
  2. Chavez is like Mugabe a tyrant — realist
  3. Too bad, realist... — Red Istribute
  4. election — shirley mccaughey
  5. the people have got it wrong and must be replaced — ;-)
  6. no more invasion for oil! — frédéric
  7. ¡Qué viva Chávez!! — chavista