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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 07:21 PM Apr 2013

South America rushes to back Maduro as U.S. casts doubt on Venezuela vote

Source: Reuters

South America rushes to back Maduro as U.S. casts doubt on Venezuela vote

By Terry Wade and Marco Aquino
LIMA | Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:05pm EDT

(Reuters) - South American leaders will make a collective show of support for Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro on Thursday in Lima, officials said, as the United States and his opponents call for a recount of the disputed vote.

Maduro will attend the last-minute meeting of the regional group Unasur in Peru a day before he is to be sworn in on Friday. He was named by late President Hugo Chavez, who died of cancer in March, as his chosen successor.

Protests erupted in Venezuela after Maduro won Sunday's election by a narrow margin of about 2 percentage points, and at least eight people have been killed in violent clashes.

Before boarding a plane to Lima, Maduro said in a televised speech: "In Venezuela we don't have an opposition, we have a permanent conspiracy cheered on by the United States."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/18/us-venezuela-election-idUSBRE93H13B20130418
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South America rushes to back Maduro as U.S. casts doubt on Venezuela vote (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2013 OP
du rec nt limpyhobbler Apr 2013 #1
The USA has no moral high ground to be casting these stones. bvar22 Apr 2013 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author mecherosegarden Apr 2013 #3
Have you seen this? mecherosegarden Apr 2013 #4
bullshit video, the goon they arrested appears to be drunk reorg Apr 2013 #5
You mean the goon they shot? joshcryer Apr 2013 #8
Compare with the US headline/ Same authors too Catherina Apr 2013 #6
Oh, god. You bet we can believe it! They are the ultimate ((((((( spinners ))))))). Judi Lynn Apr 2013 #7
You should see how much of the Anglo Press is spinning the recent agreement for an audit Catherina Apr 2013 #11
The news wire allows republishers to write their own headlines. joshcryer Apr 2013 #9
Maduro gets South American backing in Venezuela votes dispute dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #10

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
2. The USA has no moral high ground to be casting these stones.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 09:17 PM
Apr 2013

Venezuela belongs to the Venezuelans.
What they have accomplished in the last 10 years SHAMES the widening of our Wealth Gap, the obvious control of our government by the 1%, and the demands for Austerity for our Working Class and Our Poor while the RICH gorge themselves on their ever increasing piece of the pie.
SHAMES!

They have given us a Blue Print for "change".

VIVA Democracy.
I hope we get some here soon.

Response to Eugene (Original post)

mecherosegarden

(745 posts)
4. Have you seen this?
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:03 PM
Apr 2013

This is what we don't want:
Please pay attention to minute 34 and forward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IPVOag6FlBg

Why is so hard to re-count? That is what they are asking .

reorg

(3,317 posts)
5. bullshit video, the goon they arrested appears to be drunk
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:48 PM
Apr 2013

"Re-count": not necessary, not asked for, immaterial with regard to the formal complaint.

100% audit means hundreds of thousands of helpers must invest another few hours of unpaid work, in addition to the time spent on Sunday. There should be a better reason than discontent of a few over losing an election (I don't see millions in the streets). In addition, the opposition leaders are well aware that the outcome will not change, even if every ballot is hand-counted three times over.

joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
8. You mean the goon they shot?
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 04:33 AM
Apr 2013

They will count the other 46% of votes so it will effectively be a 100% recount, sorry.

Catherina

(35,568 posts)
6. Compare with the US headline/ Same authors too
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:12 AM
Apr 2013
"Maduro looks for South American backing in Venezuela dispute"

Maduro looks for South American backing in Venezuela dispute
By Terry Wade and Marco Aquino | Reuters – 46 mins ago


LIMA (Reuters) - Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro was expected to get a collective show of support from South American leaders in Lima on Thursday, but also face calls to defuse tensions with his opponents over the disputed vote.

The last-minute meeting of the regional group Unasur was being held in Peru a day before he is to be sworn in on Friday.

Protests erupted in Venezuela after Maduro won Sunday's election by about 2 percentage points, and at least eight people have been killed in violent clashes.

Maduro blamed the United States for casting doubt on the result. He was named by late President Hugo Chavez, who died of cancer in March, as his chosen successor.

...

http://news.yahoo.com/maduro-looks-south-american-backing-venezuela-dispute-032308705.html

Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
7. Oh, god. You bet we can believe it! They are the ultimate ((((((( spinners ))))))).
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 02:30 AM
Apr 2013

You can hand them any story and get it back barely recognizable, with distortions to blow your mind to the point you feel wildly drunk.

Only the morally bankrupt need apply for a J. job with a wire service.

Catherina

(35,568 posts)
11. You should see how much of the Anglo Press is spinning the recent agreement for an audit
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:33 AM
Apr 2013

Most of the Anglo press is acting like Capriles won some major victory lol, as if he got what he wanted
See my first 2 posts here http://www.democraticunderground.com/110814229


The worst spin is by Fox News which puts the like right in their title "Conceding to Opposition Election Council To Audit Venezuela Vote" though they did slip up in one paragraph

Capriles ducked the question when asked by an Associated Press reporter for his explanation of the concession.

joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
9. The news wire allows republishers to write their own headlines.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 04:35 AM
Apr 2013

Which is why it's hilarious that the more right wing Reuters is being cited here.

(AP is more neutral, AFP is more liberal, but they're all the news wire and can go one way or another given the reporter in question.)

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
10. Maduro gets South American backing in Venezuela votes dispute
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 05:54 AM
Apr 2013

(Reuters) - Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro won a collective show of support from South American leaders early on Friday in Lima as his plans to widen an audit of electronic votes helped calm tensions over the disputed election.

The last-minute meeting of the regional group Unasur ended in Peru hours before Maduro's scheduled swearing in ceremony in Caracas.

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Responding to demands by Maduro's rival Henrique Capriles for a recount, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) said late on Thursday it would audit the 46 percent of electronic votes that remain unchecked. An audit of more than half of votes was carried out on voting day.

"We welcome the decision of the CNE to implement a system that permits a full audit of election results," Unasur said in an official declaration in which it congratulated Maduro on his victory and called on both sides to "reject violent acts that put the social peace of the country at risk".

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/19/uk-venezuela-election-idUKBRE93H13D20130419

possibly a duplicate of reply #6.

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