Chavista candidate voted Governor of Essequibo amid poor turnout

Venezuela: Admiral Villamizar Becomes the First Governor of the Guayana Esequiba State - teleSUR English

President Maduro offered ‘full budgetary support’ to guarantee the rights of the Essequibo people. On Sunday, Carlos Quintero, vice president of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), announced that Admiral Neil Villamizar, the candidate of the Great Patriotic Pole Simon Bolivar, became the first governor of the Guayana Esequiba state after securing 97% of the vote. RELATED: Venezuela’s Revolutionary Coalition Wins 23 Governorships Admira…

Chavista candidate voted Governor of Essequibo amid poor turnout

Venezuela Sunday held regional and legislative elections with a voter turnout of 42.63%. The ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), led by Nicolás Maduro, secured 23 out of 24 governorships, including the newly claimed 160,000 square-kilometer oil-rich Guayana Essequiba, and an 82.68% share of votes for the National Assembly, projecting an absolute legislative majority. The opposition won only the Cojedes governorship. Henrique Capril