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  • Venezuela's COPEI Party Denounces Chavez's International Election Observers Plan(Translation)

    10/09/2006 1:03:03 PM PDT · by StJacques · 7 replies · 524+ views
    El Universal ( Caracas ) ^ | October 9, 2006 | El Universal staff article ( translated by self )
    COPEI1 denounces CNE for wanting to bring "mute" international observers Caracas. -- The Secretary General of COPEI, Luis Ignacio Planas, complained strongly that the government, through the National Electoral Council (CNE), wants to bring "mute" international observers for the December presidential elections. "It does not make sense to make an effort, and that we Venezuelans, with our money, should pay the passage and the per diem expenses of the observers so that they come to engage in electoral tourism in Venezuela." The question is "how can they impede the watchers from saying that which they observe in the Venezuelan...
  • Venezuelan opposition quit poll

    11/29/2005 6:27:10 PM PST · by rdb3 · 11 replies · 339+ views
    BBC ^ | 29 NOVEMBER 2005 | Unattributed
    Venezuelan opposition quit poll Three Venezuela opposition parties have pulled out of Sunday's congressional poll, accusing the electoral body of favouring pro-government candidates. The head of the main opposition party, Democratic Action, said they felt the result would be biased against them. However, Vice-President Jose Vicente Rangel said the party was pulling out because it was facing defeat. Venezuelans will vote for an expanded 167-seat congress, where supporters of President Hugo Chavez have a majority. Correspondents say that the government has vowed to increase its majority to two-thirds, which would allow it to pass constitutional reforms that opposition leaders...