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Electoral theatre of Venezuela's opposition
TeleSUR journalist BRIAN MIER chronicles an intriguing voting day in one of downtown Caracas' largest polling centres
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I COVERED Venezuela’s three-week presidential electoral campaign, the elections, and their fallout for the Latin American terrestrial and satellite news TV network TeleSur (English) — the multilateral public TV news network funded by the governments of Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.

I am an experienced analyst of Brazilian politics, but I do not claim to be a specialist in Venezuela. The following is not an analysis but a description of events I witnessed on election night.

I invite readers to use it to help with their own assessments of the political situation.

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