Chavez Reelected

Hugo Chavez maintained his presidency, after Venezuela went to the voting polls on Sunday.

His narrowest margin of victory gave him only fifty-four percent of the vote.

Chavez, who has been president since 1999, will now hold the post until 2019, giving him a twenty year reign.

Accusations of corruption and his continued moves to further socialism galvanized the opposition and saw them unite behind one candidate, for the first time.

Despite his popularity, Governor Henrique Capriles only managed forty-five percent of the vote.

Capriles stated that he will continue his attempts to keep the country from going totally socialist.