From Upside Down World
By Larry Fisk
''On
Sunday Venezuelans will choose a president. Having experience in
Nicaragua during elections, including last year’s presidential and
legislative elections, I arrived in Venezuela a week ago to be present
during the process leading up to the Oct.7 presidential election and its
aftermath. During the past week I have spent time in Caracas and the
states of Carabobo and Aragua learning about the electoral system,
meeting people, getting input on the voting process, political
sympathies, level of respect for the electoral authority and
expectations for the immediate post-election period. A vibrant electoral
process is taking place and the public is well aware of the two major
candidates and their electoral propaganda. Electoral information and
materials, sample ballots, media coverage, billboards, posters,
graffiti, T-shirts, caps, caravans of vehicles supporting one candidate
or the other are omnipresent.''
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