Andean Group - December 2006 (ISSN 1741-4466)
Chávez wins
After the long build-up to the presidential election, and the fears of fraud or violence, the result was as clear and uneventful as it was predictable: President Hugo Chávez won re-election by a margin of at least 20 points. For the government, the result signals an unambiguous mandate to accelerate the pace of the Bolivarian Revolution; for the opposition it means at least five more years in the political wilderness, with no representation in the legislature and no influence on the executive. Hugo Chávez has now been re-elected for the fourth time, more than any other president in Venezuela's history.
After the long build-up to the presidential election, and the fears of fraud or violence, the result was as clear and uneventful as it was predictable: President Hugo Chávez won re-election by a margin of at least 20 points. For the government, the result signals an unambiguous mandate to accelerate the pace of the Bolivarian Revolution; for the opposition it means at least five more years in the political wilderness, with no representation in the legislature and no influence on the executive. Hugo Chávez has now been re-elected for the fourth time, more than any other president in Venezuela's history.
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