Yesterday morning Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that the opposition won in two more states, in Tachira and Carabobo, which had been too close to call last night.

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President Hugo Chavez’s governing party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) got mixed results in the regional and local elections today, winning strongly in 17 out of 23 states, but losing the country’s two most populous states and the Capital District of Caracas, with two more states still to be decided.

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On November 8, the Hands Off Venezuela campaign welcomed into its ranks the Hungarian-Venezuelan Solidarity Association (HVSA), who after a period of close collaboration and discussions had decided to join HOV. This is a welcome addition to our campaign and we look forward to stepping up the solidarity work with these comrades.

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The Hungarian – Venezuelan Solidarity Association (HVSA) will join the Hands off Venezuela officially, on its conference on 8 November 2008

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Hands Off Venezuela Finland has a new website in Finnish. Check it out!

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S.O.S  For the right to protest and safety of indigenous people, campesinos and cane cutter.

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Human Rights Watch, a US-based group claiming to be a non-governmental organization, but which is in fact funded by government-linked quasi-private foundations and a Congressional funded political propaganda organization, the National Endowment for Democracy, has issued a report “A Decade Under Chavez: Political Intolerance and Lost Opportunities for Advancing Human Rights in Venezuela” (9/21/2008 hrw.org).

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With a few months left in office, the Bush administration may be unleashing its last hurrah in Latin America. Stephen Lendman analyses the recent attempts by the U.S. government to destabilize Bolivia and Venezuela.

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