Venezuela opposition: A loss for us indicates voter fraud

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Venezuelans head to the polls Sunday to vote in parliamentary elections. The election could hand the opposition party control of Congress for the first time in 17 years.

CCTV America’s Stephen Gibbs reports.

Venezuela has one of the world’s highest inflation rates, chronic food shortages and high crime.

Political analysts say the opposition party has a 30-point lead in opinion polls and people in Venezuela are ready for change. Opposition leaders warn a loss would amount to proof that the government committed voter fraud.


Foreign policy observer Mark Weisbrot on Venezuela’s upcoming election

CCTV America’s Susan Roberts spoke with Mark Weisbrot who is the Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and president of Just Foreign Policy. Weisbrot began by discussing polls that were conducted in August and September showing voters in Venezuela saying they are more than twice as likely to back opposition candidates than those of the Socialist Party, and why.