Monday, December 07, 2015

A blow for socialism in Latin America, as voters reject the Chavez/Maduro agenda in Venezuela


The wife of jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, Lilian Tintori, celebrates next to candidates of the Venezuelan coalition of opposition parties in the wee hours of this morning. Venezuela’s opposition won control of the legislature from the ruling Socialists for the first time in 16 years. (Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)

Joshua Partlow reports in the Washington Post on the Venezuelan vote count that took place while some of us were sleeping last night.

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