HAVANA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro is more likely to win the April 14 presidential elections, a Cuban analyst said.
That is because the reforms initiated by late President Hugo Chavez, the political mentor of Maduro, would continue to influence the nation's political future despite his death, Cuban political scientist Juan Cordero told Xinhua recently.
"There isn't the slightest doubt about the continuity of Bolivarian revolution," he said.
Maduro, 50, who became acting president Friday after Chavez died after a two-year battle with cancer, would be challenged by opposition candidate Henrique Capriles in the upcoming April 14 presidential polls.
But Cordero believed that the opposition had little chance of winning after its consecutive losses in last year's presidential and regional elections.
"It was clear that the (opposition' s) agenda has lost popular support," he said. "I don't have the slightest doubt that the April 14 elections will also reflect that reality."
CARACAS, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan electoral authorities said Tuesday that they had invited international organizations to observe the upcoming presidential election.
Invitations had been extended to the Union of South American Nations, the Southern Common Market and some 50 other international bodies, said the National Electoral Council (CNE). Full story
CARACAS, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's ruling and opposition parties are gearing up for the upcoming presidential election as both camps officially fielded their candidates Monday.
The ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela registered acting President Nicolas Maduro as the candidate in the April 14 race for the top office following Hugo Chavez's death. Full story
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