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Andean Group - November 2013 (ISSN 1741-4466)
POLITICS: Municipals: a big test
The ruling Partido Unido Socialista de Venezuela (PSUV) swept the 16 December 2012 regional elections, winning 20 of the 23 states, up from 17 in 2008, and consolidating its almost total grip on power in Venezuela less than two months after the late president Hugo Chávez (1999-2013) was re-elected with a thumping 11 percentage point margin for a fourth consecutive term. He died just three months later, on 5 March 2013, and his handpicked successor Nicolás Maduro was barely elected to replace him in April in an election still being contested before international instances by the Venezuelan opposition, which alleged fraud. This year’s municipals, on 8 December next, represent a big test for the Bolivarian Revolution.
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