The victory in the Venezuelan elections has shifted the
balance of forces massively in favour of the workers and poor. The
counter-revolution has had to change tactic and formally “accept defeat”. To
believe they have now become “democratic” is the most dangerous thing for
the revolution. They are only playing for time before they strike again. Now is
the time to complete the revolution by expropriating the capitalists.
Rosales,
the majority of the counterrevolutionary leaders and imperialism were
confronted with the choice of accepting the victory of Chavez or to denounce alleged fraud and call for a struggle they know they
cannot win. They resorted to a halfway position.
Shortly after the polling stations closed,
Chavez came out onto the balcony to speak to the masses celebrating a historic
victory. He stressed that the people had voted for "Venezuelan Socialism". The
situation could not be more favourable for the completion of the revolution. We
have entered a decisive stage.