Red Pepper's Venezuela Blog

Post-Election Analysis: The Opposition’s Historical Concession and the Road Ahead for Venezuela

[Venezuelanalysis.com's editor Greg Wilpert argues that opposition candidate Manuel Rosales's concession was of historical importance for Venezuela because it was the first time in nearly eight years someone in Venezuela's opposition admitted defeat. This opens the way for deepening the revolution and for confronting internal demons. --Ed]

Chavez Officially Proclaimed President-Elect for 2007-2013

[Venezuelanalysis.com's Michael Fox reports on how on Monday, Hugo Chavez was officially proclaimed President-elect of Venezuela for "the next 6 years”, with 7,161,637 votes, 62.89% of the total according to the first preliminary results from Venezuela's National Electoral Council. --Ed]

Diary of a Venezuelan Presidential Election: December 3rd 2006

[Chesa Boudin, author of The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions-100 Answers, gives a first-hand account of Election Day in Caracas. --Ed]

2 Chavistas celebrate Hugo Chavez's electoral victory, Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, December 3, 2006. Credit: © Jess Hurd

Chavez Reelected President of Venezuela: 61.4% of Vote

[Venezuelanalysis.com reports on how according to the first preliminary results from Venezuela's National Electoral Council, President Hugo Chavez won the presidency with 61.4% of the vote to his challenger's 38.4%. This is with 78.3% of the votes counted. Click here to view Chavez's speech to the crowds gathered at the Miraflores Presidential Palace shortly after the CNE's announcement. --Ed]

Hugo Chavez speaks to supporters in front of Miraflores Presidential Palace, following the announcement by Venezuela's National Electoral Council that he had won reelection with 61.4% of the vote. Credit: VTV

Voting Without Problems in Venezuela’s Presidential Elections

[Venezuelanalysis.com reports on how voting in today's Venezuelan presidential elections has passed off without major problems. --Ed] 

Pre-election Analysis: Venezuela Enters Normality (Sort Of)

[Venezuelanalysis.com's editor Gregory Wilpert argues that the campaign this year showed that Venezuelan politics appears to have matured in this eight year of Chavez’s presidency, where "politics is fought in peoples’ hearts and minds and not in street battles and in coup attempts. Unfortunately, significant sectors of the opposition still cannot accept or believe that they are in the minority." --Ed]

Open Thread: Venezuela's Presidential Elections

[Here's an open thread for anyone wanting to post information or comment on Venezuela's presidential elections. --Ed]

Chavistas celebrate Hugo Chavez's electoral victory, Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, December 3, 2006. Credit: © Jess Hurd

Venezuela’s Media Must “Assume Consequences” for Destabilisation Says Chavez

[Venezuelanalysis.com's Michael Fox reports on Hugo Chavez's announcement on Thursday that the Venezuelan electoral system is one of the safest in the world, and that any media attempting to destabilise the elections by carrying out fraudulent mid-day polls, should be prepared to “assume the consequences.” --Ed]

Viewpoints: What kind of a leader is Chavez?

[The BBC Americas website has asked six writers and commentators to give their views on what kind of leader Hugo Chavez is. The writers include Venezuelan historian Margarita Lopez Maya,  Bolivarian Federation of Students leader Abraham Aparicio, and UK academic Julia Buxton. --Ed]

Venezuela Through the Fog

[Below is a response by Chesa Boudin, author of The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions-100 Answers, and myself to an article posted on The Guardian's Comment Is Free website entitled 'Rosales is coming up roses' by Charles Tannock and Fernando Gerbasi. An edited version of this article was submitted to Comment is Free but was not published. --Ed]