In four successful elections, the lowest majority Chavez ever got was 54 percent.
by Jim Foulds
In early March Stephen Harper used Hugo Chavez’s death as an opportunity to preach about democracy to Venezuelans. Talk about faceplanting your big mouth in a cow pasture! Harper should have checked with Latinobarometro. Latin America’s largest polling firm found that 84 percent of Venezuelans viewed their democracy positively. Venezuela’s last voter turnout at 81 percent puts Canada and the US to shame.