Chavez wins election as opposition makes some gains / Socialismo de Chávez queda bajo presión tras comicios

Chavez’s Socialists retained power in 17 of the 22 states up for grabs Sunday, but were pushed out of the country’s most prosperous cities and most populous states. “They’ve prepared the ground for making bigger losses than they have,” says Latin America political analyst Colin Harding. “He didn’t do well in the bigger and industrial centres. The government lost the two main industrial states: Miranda and Carabobo as well as the capital. The mayor of Caracas is now a major opposition figure,” Harding told RFI. ( full information)/ El presidente Hugo Chávez podría encontrar nuevos obstáculos para acelerar su proyecto socialista en Venezuela, luego de que sus adversarios lograran triunfar en algunas gobernaciones estratégicas en los comicios regionales del domingo ( información completa)