As the final results of the parliamentary election on December 6th came in-two days after the vote-Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, was at an army barracks in Caracas preparing for his weekly television show, "In Contact with Madu-ro". Venezuela's presidents have been making hours-long broadcasts since the late Hugo Chavez, his charismatic predecessor, took power in 1999. Mr Madura's appearance from the Montana barracks, a fortified mock castle where Chavez's body now lies, was the first to follow an election defeat.
展开▼
