BARINAS, Jan 9 (Reuters) – A Venezuelan opposition candidate on Sunday won an election for governor of Barinas state, the birth place of the late former leader Hugo Chavez, bringing an end to 22 years of Socialist party rule there.
The vote in Barinas, a re-run of the November race for the state’s governor’s office, will not alter the Socialist party’s control of the majority of governorships in the country, but represents a symbolic victory for the fractured opposition.Report ad
“The triumph is for Barinas and all of Venezuela,” victorious opposition candidate Sergio Garrido told Reuters.
Last year, Argenis Chavez – brother of the former leader – had contested the vote for the ruling party but did not emerge victorious.