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Venezuela Election, Victory or Setback for Chavez?

Video In recent days, the Venezuelan people elected a new national assembly. The Socialist Party led by Hugo Chavez and the opposition party, under the banner of Democratic Unity, more or less split the vote with a slight one percent advantage to the Socialist Party. Paul Jay of the Real News Network speaks with Gregory Wilpert, editor of Venezuelanalysis.com, to make sense of this latest development in Venezuelan politics. Is this a win or a lose for Chavez? According to Wilpert,...