Venezuela: The impact of Obama`s victory

The biggest mystery is getting to know what the relationship will be like between Barack Obama and the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, who stated his preference for the Democrat during Obama’s campaign.  Different to Republicans, who have a confrontational stance in relation to the Venezuelan Head of State, Obama talks of sending a message of democratic values to Caracas, not through interventionism, but through means of cooperation.

 

Democrats believe that the mistakes made by the George W. Bush in the region gave ground to anti-democratic views expressed by Hugo Chávez in Venezuela. 

 
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