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Venezuela's embattled president says vote 'irregularities' probed
http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-embattled-president-says-vote-irregularities-probed-043338281.html#Caracas (AFP) - Embattled socialist President Nicolas Maduro, who lost control of Venezuela's National Assembly in polls earlier this month, said that fraud had marred the vote, which was being investigated.
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Maduro said he would soon reveal what he called the opposition's "plan" to the nation, along with evidence. He did not immediately say when.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court accepted appeals lodged by Maduro's ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) against the election of eight opposition lawmakers.
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The opposition won 112 of 167 seats in the elections, a dramatic blow to Maduro and the "revolution" launched in 1999 by his late predecessor Hugo Chavez.
Constantly praised by chavistas as having the best elections system in the world, until chavistas get smoked I guess.
