2013 Early Venezuela Presidential Election

[Peter the Lefty]

Maduro: No oppo march, "time for a tough hand."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/16/uk-venezuela-election-march-idUKBRE93F0Y420130416

Holy sh*t.  Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think even Chavez would've gone this far off the deep end.

[Peter the Lefty]

Maduro won fair and square, the others a just sooks.

Nevermind the fact that he's trying to prevent demonstrations that challenge it? 

[Peter the Lefty]

Look, Capriles is a scumbag, there's no question of that.  Is it likely that he'll renege on his promises to keep Chavez's social programs in place and enact fully and uncompromisingly neoliberal policies?  Yes.  But when a the military starts to intervene after videos show government party workers doing suspicious things, and the "winner" starts to abuse his power to quell street demos, democracy must come first.  Thankfully, it does look like there's a non-Chavismo left there, if a tiny one.  Hopefully, if Maduro continues to be a clown throughout his presidency, people will start to turn to them.  After Capriles cruises to a victory in 2018, hopefully we can see someone from a party like Avadanza Progresista, or the Movement for Socialism, the Radical Cause, or some alliance of them.  I'm dreaming, I know.