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...