Venezuelan elections revisited:

Not so long ago Venezuela held a presidential election. That was roughly 6 months ago. Yesterday, new elections took place. With the death of Chávez a new process was to be made and the hope for a change was in the air.

Today I woke up out of my home country but feeling that it is more divided than ever.

Source: El Universal (04/15/13 ) http://www.eud.com/

Or in numbers if you like:

Nicolás Maduro: 7,505,338

Henrique Capriles: 7,270,403

Yes, by a very narrow margin, under 1,5% the "successor" of Chávez has won the elections. This has been the narrowest result in the recent history of the country. The reflection of a reality. We are divided.

The link below has an interactive map with the results by each of the different states/provinces. It also has the data for the previous elections. Very interesting stuff. http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/mapa-de-resultados-electorales/

The opposition's leaders have requested the manual recount of the totality of votes and the CNE (the electoral body) should agree to this. If the results are fair, then there is nothing to loose. 

The atmosphere is strange, to say the least. The Military spoke giving their support to the incumbent regime. Websites are off (namely the one of the CNE), the tv broadcasters are not running any interesting information but just old images or rather silly information.

It will be a tense week. No doubt.

Maduro you have won the prize of dividing a country.