Following a fratricidal period for the left with Morales and Arce at loggerheads, right-wing, anti-MAS candidates obtained over 85 per cent of the votes cast in the latest general election, writes FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
Venezuelan elections are the gold standard
Fraud allegations abound from those with their own political agenda – but the evidence shows otherwise, reports election observer CALVIN TUCKER

THE old man had obviously spotted that I was from the international observer mission. My khaki jacket with its distinctive insignia of the Venezuelan electoral authorities was a dead giveaway.
“The election is rigged,” he told me in English.
“So, er, how is it done?” I asked, whipping out my biro to take notes.
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