Friday, February 13, 2009

¡NO es NO!

So the big news in Venezuela is the upcoming elections on Sunday. You may have heard that Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez is again trying to get to vote to amend the constitution so as to remove limits on the number of times an elected official can stand for election - a move that even Chavez's "idol" Simon Bolivar would disapprove of. The idea is that Chavez wants more time to be able to carry out his 21st Century Socialist Revolution, whatever cost to Venezuela's democratic constitution that may take. Both sides seem to be passionate one way or the other. Everywhere I go, cars, walls, buildings are covered in either signs for SI (those for the amendment) or NO (those against the amendment). Many indicators are showing that the NO vote will likely win, but whatever the results, the future of the country will be significantly impacted.
More background info

I have come across an English language website that offers news and opinions about current events in Venezuela (I must point out that there may be a good deal of bias in some of the articles, but its better than no news at all) - www.venezuelanalysis.com

1 comment:

harty said...

thanks for the links, especially the venezuelan analysis site. let me know if you find a similar site regarding news around maturin or your region.
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