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Victory for Chávez is a victory for Latin America

Wed, 10/10/2012 - 12:44 — Dave Culver
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  • U.S.-backed Henrique Capriles and his Democratic Unity coalition (MUD) had hoped to return the wealthy classes — national and foreign — to their former unchallenged status by reversing the social and economic gains of the vast majority of Venezuelans.
  • Long live Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution!

Gloria La Riva, Liberation News

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October 8, 2012 | With 54.42 percent of a record-turnout vote, Hugo Chávez has won a fourth term as president of Venezuela, in a race widely recognized as a crucial struggle between the progressive forces of the “Bolivarian Revolution” and the right-wing opposition of U.S.-backed Henrique Capriles.

Capriles and his Democratic Unity coalition (MUD) had hoped to return the wealthy classes — national and foreign — to their former unchallenged status by reversing the social and economic gains of the vast majority of Venezuelans.

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