Chavismo won. It used all kinds of tricks but in the end, it would have won even without them. The tricks just optimized results. I had been making very cautious comments at Miguel's blog about the elections, but in the end, yesterday for some minutes I thought we may have a chance. I had expressed my doubts about an oppo victory many times, even if cautiously, even if a part of me wanted the miracle.
As I said before: it now depends on how cool we react and how Venezuela's Alpha and Omega, oil prices, evolve.
More on that soon.
Kepler, I had always wondered what would become of you and everyone else on the Venezuelan- English blogosphere should Chavez win again.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I wrote about O7 from my perspective, part of it being a letter of sorts to my friends in Venezuela.
http://stephaniend.blogspot.com/2012/10/no-hay-un-caminono-hoy.html
Stephanie, life goes on.
ReplyDeleteI think that most social democrats in Europe - and they are to the left of the median Democrat in the USA are as appalled as you are about the state of Venezuela.
I thought the most likely result would be the military's victory, even if I didn't see the difference so high. Now several thousand professionals will emigrate. Still I think that if the opposition does what it has to do, it will win sooner than later and I mean earlier than 2019.