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The possibility of relaxing U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil to replace banned Russian oil raises a larger issue of whether they have a real effect on the Maduro regime.
Venezuelan election officials: Maduro won presidential vote
April 15, 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela – The man former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez handpicked to be his successor has won the country’s presidential vote, officials said late Sunday.
CARACAS, Venezuela – The man former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez handpicked to be his successor has won the country’s presidential vote, officials said late Sunday.
With 99% of votes counted, Nicolas Maduro won 50.66% of votes, National Electoral Council President Tibisay Lucena said, calling the results “irreversible.” Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles won 49.07% of votes, she said.
“I have won by nearly 300,000 votes. It is the decision of the people,” Maduro told cheering supporters late Sunday, calling on Venezuelans to respect the results and respond peacefully.
YouTube TIME TO TALK? Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, recognized by the U.S. and scores of other nations as his country s legitimate president, outlining his negotiation strategy with Venezuela s socialist regime in a video this month.
Expats have long insisted negotiating with Venezuela s dictatorial regime is tantamount to surrender. Reality is forcing a growing number of them to reconsider it.
Two years ago, most Venezuelan exiles in South Florida felt sure the disastrous, authoritarian regime they fled in Venezuela was about to fall. In Caracas, opposition leader Juan Guaidó had just triumphantly declared he was Venezuela’s constitutionally legitimate President and the United States, and much of the world, backed him up.