{"id":200025,"date":"2021-11-22T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=200025"},"modified":"2021-11-22T09:02:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T09:02:15","slug":"venezuela-chavismo-wins-governorships-in-20-of-23-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/11\/venezuela-chavismo-wins-governorships-in-20-of-23-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela: Chavismo Wins Governorships in 20 of 23 States"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p class=\"op-kicker\"><em>&#8220;It is a victory for the humble people, the noble people of Venezuela, who have endured a brutal war,&#8221; President Nicolas Maduro stressed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_200026\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/venezuela-elections-chavismo.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200026\" class=\"wp-image-200026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/venezuela-elections-chavismo.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/venezuela-elections-chavismo.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/venezuela-elections-chavismo-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-200026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man casts his vote, Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 21, 2021.<br \/>| Photo: Twitter\/ @ALBATCP<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>21 Nov 2021 &#8211; <\/em>Venezuela&#8217;s National Electoral Council (CNE) President Pedro Calzadilla reported a 41.80 percent turnout in Sunday&#8217;s Subnational elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"txt_newworld\">\n<p>Having counted 90.21 percent of the ballots cast in the elections, Calzadilla reaffirmed that the elections took place in a peaceful environment.<\/p>\n<p>The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidates hold leads in 20\u00a0out of 23 states for the governor&#8217;s race.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/We-Do-Not-Renounce-the-Transition-to-Socialism-Maduro-Says-20211120-0005.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>\u2018We Do Not Renounce the Transition to Socialism\u2019, Maduro Says<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, the opposition coalition United Democratic Table (MUD) candidates secured a lead in the Cojedes and Zulia states.\u00a0Neighbors Force (FV) party secured the other governor post for opposition sectors in the Nueva Esparta State.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nothing disturbed the electoral process &#8230; International observers move freely throughout the country to verify the electoral process&#8230; It is a victory for the humble people, the noble people of Venezuela, who have endured a brutal war,&#8221; President Nicolas Maduro stressed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Youth leaders of the Bolivarian Revolution vow to show that Chavismo continues to be the most powerful political force in Venezuela. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MegaElecci%C3%B3nes2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >#MegaElecci\u00f3nes2021<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n6s3YCmr81\" >pic.twitter.com\/n6s3YCmr81<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KawsachunNews\/status\/1462409854866411521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Over 21,000,000 Venezuelans were called to cast the ballots to elect 23 governors, 335 mayors, 253 lawmakers, and 2,471 councilors.<\/p>\n<p>The CNE delivered credentials to over 300 international observers from 55 countries and institutions such as the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN), and the Carter Center.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 70,000 candidates from all political forces in the South American nation contested the elections. They represented 37 national political parties and 43 regional organizations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Venezuela?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >#Venezuela<\/a> | Election day in Venezuela has unfolded peacefully under international supervision and with remarkable discipline, as the voting population complies with  COVID-19 preventive measures. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9eJteRmI4T\" >pic.twitter.com\/9eJteRmI4T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/telesurenglish\/status\/1462554779540983813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ckeditor-em\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Venezuela-Chavismo-Wins-Governorships-in-20-of-23-States-20211121-0015.html\" >Go to Original &#8211; telesurenglish.net<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21 Nov 2021 &#8211; &#8220;It is a victory for the humble people, the noble people of Venezuela, who have endured a brutal war.&#8221; &#8211;President Nicolas Maduro. Having counted 90.21 percent of the ballots, the Electoral Council President reaffirmed that the elections took place in a peaceful environment. The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidates hold leads in 20 out of 23 governor&#8217;s race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":200026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[1065,392,541,1731,874,557],"class_list":["post-200025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latin-america-and-the-caribbean","tag-chavismo","tag-elections","tag-latin-america-caribbean","tag-left-politics","tag-socialism","tag-venezuela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}