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Showing Original Post only (View all)First exit polls give victory to Henrique Capriles [View all]
Source: ABC.es
The candidate of the Democratic Unity Table (MUD), Henrique Capriles, will outmatch Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in the presidential elections held on Sunday in the Caribbean country, according to exit polls by firm Variance, despite the lack of closure of all polling stations. The time set for the poll closing was 00.30 Spanish time, however because of long lines, some of them remained open for another hour, until 01.40.
Read more: http://www.abc.es/20121008/internacional/abci-primeros-sondeos-venezuela-201210080050.html
The article is in Spanish; the above is my translation. I expect more information to be available before long.
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It sucks(if it's true)but some people here will be getting ugly in gloating about it.
Ken Burch
Oct 2012
#3
My impression is that insisting you've got the election won before the polls close
Ken Burch
Oct 2012
#10
according to my Venezuelan friends who fled for the lives after son & his friends were kidnapped
wordpix
Oct 2012
#12
Capriles' supporters have been out in at least these numbers, some estimates are a million
wordpix
Oct 2012
#32
Looks about the size of the crowds that cheered for General Mao and Adolf Hitler...
liberallibral
Oct 2012
#44
I would have agreed with you 11 years ago, but I'm really becoming less certain
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#36
"Our politicians are corrupted by big money from big business"...absolutely!
rayofreason
Oct 2012
#46
Aside from the corruption in our government, when the market-capitalist side of
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#47
You make an important observation. These need to be taken with a grain of salt.
Exultant Democracy
Oct 2012
#17
The Brazilian Workers Party(the one that created that model)says they don't SUPPORT Capriles.
Ken Burch
Oct 2012
#9
And Ex-President of Brazil, Lula, Laughed To Hear Capriles Claim That! Lula Supports Chavez!
Justina For Justice
Oct 2012
#33
Beautiful. It really figures! Thanks for the info. about his plans to privatize oil. Hideous.
Judi Lynn
Oct 2012
#40
It's entire north coast is the Caribbean I suppose - where most people live.
Lucky Luciano
Oct 2012
#30