August 16, 200422 yr http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/08/...l.ap/index.html I can't believe he won! I was really expecting him to lose in this recall election. I have several Venezuelan friends here in Penn and they all talked about the injustices of Chavez's government. I don't know what to think of the electoral sabotage allegations from the opposition...it seems like there was an international presence to guarantee the purity of the results, but you never really know with the kind of scumbags that are running the Venezuelan government. Additionally, the opposition gathered 3.7 signatures to authorize the recall in the first place, and they got around 3.5 votes in the actual election, so that's an indication that someone might have tampered with the numbers...I guess we'll never know!
August 16, 200422 yr I could've sworn I saw on the news this morning that more voted to get him out of office.
August 16, 200422 yr Author With 95% of the votes scrutinized, Chavez received 4,991,483 votes in favor of him staying in office (58.25%), and 3,576,517 against him (41.74%)....
August 16, 200422 yr 1. vote counting is corruptable 2. look at chavez's opposition...it is like a bush keryy election, no one wins
August 16, 200422 yr Author Although I still don't know what to think of the sabotage allegations, I think this might be a case where people do want Chavez, where the masses really do favor this guy while the middle and upper classes lead the fight to remove him....could it be?
August 17, 200422 yr I never really expected this to be won by the opposition, but it isn't like the opposition is that much better anyways. It's pretty much a choice between Batista and Castro all over again. Oh, and I don't think elections where people are voting at 2 AM are very legit, but whatever.
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