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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nI’m thinking that the landslide victory over communism in Venezuela should be bigger news than it is today. Apparently not, though. Even Fox News has largely ignored it. Venezuela used to be one of the largest oil producers in the region until the government appropriated the drilling and refinery process. Now, even toilet paper is at a premium in the country. Anyway, the opposition to the Maduro regime won 99 seats in the 166-seat legislature with 22 more seats up for grabs. The anti-communists need 13 more seats for a super-majority, according to the Associated Press<\/a>; <\/p>\n The opposition coalition needs to take 13 of the 22 remaining races to give it a two-thirds supermajority. That would allow it to pass major legislation, sack Supreme Court justices or convene a convention to rewrite Chavez’s 1999 constitution.<\/p>\n The victory is likely to fuel demands for President Nicolas Maduro to free jailed opponents and roll back socialist policies during what could be a period of intense political conflict in a deeply polarized country mired in economic crisis.<\/p>\n The streets of the Venezuelan capital of Caracas broke out in shouts of joy, fireworks and car honking after National Electoral Council President Tibisay Lucena announced the partial results six hours after polls closed.<\/p>\n Within seconds, Maduro recognized the opposition’s win, saying that despite an adverse result, Venezuela’s democracy had triumphed. But he recalled the long history of US-supported coups in Latin America in blaming the “circumstantial” loss on a conservative “counterrevolution” trying to sabotage the oil-dependent economy and destabilize his rule,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, your communist ideology destabilized your rule, fool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"