Elections have been the lifeblood of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution for most of the 20 years since Hugo Chávez won election on 6 December 1998, but that animating spirit has never been at such a low ebb. Just 27.4% of almost 21m registered voters cast their ballots on 9 December in municipal elections denounced as “non-existent” and “a farce” by the opposition-controlled national assembly.
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