2012 Venezuelan presidential campaign

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A presidential election was held in October 2012 in Venezuela to choose a president for the six-year term beginning February 2013. The main candidates were the incumbent Hugo Chávez, representing the United Socialist Party of Venezuela Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) and Henrique Capriles Radonski, representing Justice First. The elections consisted of four more candidates from different parties but Hugo Chávez was elected for a fourth term with 54.42% of the vote, ahead of the 44.97% of his main competitor, Henrique Capriles. The elections showed a historically high 80% turnout for a country where voting is not mandatory...