Venezuela: Rosales concedes defeat

The numbers seem to be Chavez ~60% Rosales ~40%. Of course this blogger is upset about the results, but at least I know that this is the will of the majority of Venezuelans. I still dislike Chavez due to his lack of economic policies, division of society, human rights abuses, centralizing of the government, and general lack of sound government policies, and while the campaign wasn't fair and the process can be greatly improved at least the actual process appeared to lack any significant problems. I just hope Chavez realizes that Venezuela is not just 60% of the population, although I doubt it he hasn't seemed to care in the past.

From a personal perspective I think today ultimately killed the old political forces that happened to have jumped on the Rosales campaign band wagon. In the end the conceding defeat may have set into motion a new Venezuelan opposition that is free of its past, and thankfully Rosales said he would be willing to lead this fight in the streets. But most importantly he has shown himself as a true democrat.

Soon I will be posting on why I have been having such a hard time interpreting the numbers and why I think I got things so wrong.