Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez sent a messaje of tranquility to the population during the closure of polling in the elections that are held in that country.
After depositing his vote in a slum to the west of Caracas the Agent chief executive said to be " thrilled in that we all will be able to be at a height of the climate that is breathed. At the end of the day (...) That anybody between in despair, nobody can enter in despair, let's wait for the results calmly ", it stood out.
From Havana, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, seen by Chavez as his "political father", said that "whatever the outcome of the elections for local and regional authorities, will not be easy to extinguish the flame lit for the Revolution" .
Chavez toured the country during the election campaign to demand the vote for its candidates, arguing that the future of his "socialist revolution" is at stake and to vote against his allies was betraying him. Meanwhile, his followers, grouped in the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, launched a massive electoral machine to combat abstention.
Despite the popularity of Chavez than 50 percent, many Venezuelans are disillusioned with the government, which combats poverty with a battalion of social programs financed through the vast oil revenues, but that does not succeed in taming inflation out of control , To reducing the high insecurity and improve a chaotic infrastructure.
Consumer prices this year and a cumulative increase of nearly 25 percent, fueled by a fixed rate that analysts consider overvalued, a runaway domestic consumption and numerous price controls.
In addition, the sharp fall in the international price of oil poses a new challenge for the government, which uses the state oil company PDVSA to finance much of the work of government, from building roads to the distribution of food to avoid disruption.
By Jose Miguel Gumucio
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