As far as anyone can tell, the votes are in, the polls are closed, and Venezuela may have pulled off a violence-free exercise in direct democracy today.
Here are some photos of the day's events: click.
(please enjoy the picture "introducing the Chavezmobile, borrowed from El Universal - p.s. - I can't believe the chavezmobile is rocking rims, that is pretty awesome)
Big Media is covering the story. The NYT's Simon Romero made an interesting point that I've hammered home before, after commenting on the high-flying state capitalist economy of Venezuela, he notes:
Neither candidate in Sunday’s election seems to acknowledge the growing consumerism in rich and poor households as one of the main reasons Mr. Chávez has resilient popularity ratings after eight years as president. Most opinion polls give him a double-digit lead over Mr. Rosales, governor of the oil-producing Zulia State in the west.
It is a decent point to consider, especially in the big city.
It may be a little early still to ridicule the 8 months of headlines about plan B and violent coup attempts on voting day - but hopefully we'll have results tomorrow morning (or even later tonight) without a hitch.
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