chavez voted himself and his stronghold in caracas.fter several tense hours, the announcement finally arrived. it was a victory for president hugo chavez. >> the united socialist party had been majority of seats in state after state. but crucially, there will be no two-thirds majority for the elected leader, the magic number needed to pass reforms. opposition candidates had taken more than 60 seats in parliament, a block large enough to frustrate his plans over the next five years. it must be remembered they chose to boycott his election five years ago. as such, they will always take back some political space from president job as. -- chavez. until recently, the opposition party in venezuela was considered unelectable and out of touch with the venezuelan people. however, if their claim is verified by the electoral authority, it will be a significant blow to hugo chavez ahead of the presidential election in 2012. now there are more major issues to address. it seems voters what both sides to work together more closely. this vote may have

a cara y en zona populares donde antes dominaba el oficialismo. >> y una zona popular del este de caracas y aspiran ap mantenerse y la necesita para profundos llar oposición aspira a quitársela y lograr parlamento equilibrado y podría ser clave para el futuro del país, en caracas venezuela francisco, univisión. >> y hoy es martes noche de "aquí y ahora", hoy les pren tampocos el ocasión del presunto envenenamiento contra la actriz gabriela spanic que dice que su vida y lalo de la familia peso estuvo en peligro. >> este es un adelanto. >> la actriz gabi spanic de nungz complot para asesirla a ella y la familia. >> me sugs té. >> y el ex asistente está tras rejas acusado del crimen. >> tú pensión aflt que maría celeste er la que te estaba envenenoando. >> quién más. >> padres defiendo lleno le hacen unedido a spanic. >> si tiene corazón grande de mamá se va... se va a dar cuenta. como mamá está equivocada. >> como reacciona ante señalamientos que todo es un skri cierto que es una maniobra publicitaria?. >> recuerde edición especl en esta noche gabi spanic y el dramaeal. y esta noche las 10

the environment here in caracas venezuela was fairly calm this morning as voting started but of course the intensity is kicking in venezuela waits for the upcoming election results. and competition for the vast energy resources beneath the ark say brings nations with a polar state to moscow to seek compromise and cooperation for the future. hello and welcome to our weekly review i'm using tom a story now of the war was between the u.s. and iranian presidents at the u.n. general assembly this week has left much of the rest of the debate in new york in the shade barack obama sharply criticized mother shot his claims that america was behind the nine eleven terror attacks remarks which led to a walkout by u.s. and western nations but this part of the rile the reagan president says he is ready to resume negotiations over his country's nuclear program oh lord mr reports. with the fanfare on the streets of new york this week. no one could miss the spectacle of more than one hundred ninety world leaders descending upon the united nations for the annual general assembly. but stealing the spotli

>>la propaganda cubre las calles de caracas y del resto de paÍses.s del chavismo al otro lado de la acera. >> el presidente chÁvez tiene una intensa actividad de campaÑa de 6/7 horas diarias y concentra energÍa donde tiene gran apoyo de la poblaciÓn. hoy en caracas ante una una multitud hablÓ de la victoria del prÓximo domingo. >> vamos a volver polvo a los escuÁlidos. >> pero esta postura de chÁvez no estÁ clara las encuesta. el mandatario necesita ganar el 110 diputados para mantener la hegemonÍa, segÚn las encuestas es posible que no lo logre. >> cualquiera sea lo que logre la oposiciÓn se presentó nuevo escenario polÍtico que de una asamblea plural. >> y eso a pesar de la modificaciÓn que permitirÍa tener al gobierno mÁs senadores por voto. las elecciones serÁn entre la poderosa maquinaria del gobierno contra una organizada oposiciÓn. en el caso de la oposiciÓn depende si es capaz de vigilar y defender sus votos. >> ingrid betancourt, volviÓ a referirse el embarazo declara rojas metros en la red de las farc. sus testimonios en un fragmento del li

r t caracas venezuela. this hour to early to hand. as a surge in iraq coincides with the pullout of u.s. combat forces in the country down remain over whether local forces being trained by fifteen american troops stay behind i want to the job of maintaining security. around the bed and love young indians face threats of violence and even death for marrying outside of their hearts to. this week x. percent top politicians gathered in the russian capital to discuss the future of the region the conference was aimed at seeing how future exploitation of the vast enter resources of the polar region can develop in a spirit of cooperation rather than competition and to protect the region's a fragile ecosystem. if you stand alone yukon survive in the arctic that's all russian prime you have led to more putin explained but no country in by itself can deal with the enormous challenges i had at the world what he promised that what average treasures lie hidden and to calais or buys will be no fighting over the top of the world the arctic needs secu

has the latest from the capital caracas. the sun rises here in caracas venezuela two a very confrontational day tension terror very high you can even feel it in the air really there have been a number of preparations under way to ensure that the instability that has plagued this country does not show up in these elections that's one cautionary measures include the military on high alert to bowl a billion national guard have been set up at the polling stations to ensure the instigators did not do anything to cause that instability along with the military forces as an international force of election observers coming from cover governments coming from countries representing governments both supported and against the chavez system now there are seventeen million voters registered to vote in this a lot of some of that number it's predicted that seventy percent will come to the polls today and thirty percent will stay home now depending on how which way this election swings it could show there could be signs of instability tomorro

oposición, y victoria no solo ofrecerá a quienes votarán y será xagz de vig llar dependo er votos en caracas artículo temores de fraude en comicios que revela varios cosas raras dicen que hay un millón 330 personas que nacieron el mismo día a la misma hora, también, y dicen que uno de cada tres municipios tiene más electorales que habitantes, y que hay ocho millones de lectores venezolanos que pudieran estar muertos o desaparecidos por que no están por ninguna parte. >> y el programa de estados unidos para freno. - ar el tráfico de armas tiene graves fallas es la conclusión que llegó un informo medio departamento de justicia que ha tenido gran repercusión en el vecino país, tres periodistas que temen por la vida por ola de violencia verónica dlaes ciudad de méxico que tiene la sección. >> tres periodistas que han regulares bid amenazas del crimen organizado encabezaron conferencia en el pásate escaso para pedir al gobierno de obama asilo político. >> le pido al presidente obama que gil cetro pro cesos que tome el tim o un hacia casos y nos permita conseguir el asilo político. >> este ca ro g

half it says in the capital city of caracas to tell us about the situation there. the sun rises to a contentious day here in caracas after months of intense campaigning and p.r. maneuvers from both sides venezuelans from all over the country hit the polls to vote for their national assembly the obvious signs of election day paint the city. less traffic businesses closed down to accommodate voters the military is on high alert and lines wrap around the polling stations the rumors start to flare on the eve of the election allegations that voting machines were out of order began to circulate on the opposition side. but here at a station that is predominately pro opposition there were no complaints did you having trouble voting just now no no problem no nothing no problems i'm very surprised what has been drilled into their heads is that the opposition will win close to fifty fifty probably. eighteen nineteen. members. in the house you know that in the congress and maybe sixty seventy what the opposition claim all along is the media message that they hold a majority on

is jihan halfassed reports now from caracas. what we did see today at the polling stations was that most people said it was a very easy process there were no problems despite a lot of allegations from different sections here in venice well of that there were going to be a lot of problems on the actual voting day what has been reported that three tables were audited manually so the process here is an automated process so what you do is you have a receipt but you also vote through a machine and because of these three tables being counted manually the election results are yet to come and these three tables seem to be circulating on the independent media here in venezuela as a problem for the most part now another issue plaguing this election of course is the two sides that seem to be polarizing the different views here in venezuela for example the opposition a lot of different chavez supporters insist that they're being funded by u.s. forces and while that cannot be confirmed there are leads here in the country that we've been foll

>josé: este domingo se realizan elección legislativas en venezuela y rogelio mora se encuentra en caracas>>rogelio: esta listo todo para que el próximo domingo más de 17 millones y medio de venezolanos habilitados para participar en el proceso salgan a las calles para emitir su voto y ely gie ea la asamblea nacional. >>> en la tierra de bolívar los venezolano estas listos para participar en otro proceso electoral. >>> espero que como país ganemos muchísimo, ganemos todos >>>rogelio: esta vez eligen al poder legislativo que se conoce como asamblea nacional. >>> es importante y depende las tomas de decisiones que haga el presidente de aquí en adelante >>>rogelio: la participación será histórica. >>> felicitar al pueblo de venezuela por esta gran consciencia que hemos venido desarrollando en conjunto

vamos a ericapasar en vivo hast caracas, ahÍ estÁ francisco (...) comicios. ha sido una larga noche, buen dÍa, francisco. cÓmo amanecieron despuÉs de la contienda electoral? >> la opu oposiciÓn estÁ de regreso a la contienda. ♪ venezuela hablÓ hoy con sus votos. dibujo una nueva relaciÓn de fuerzas en la asamblea nacional. la oposiciÓn logrÓ su objetivo: obtener por lo menos 60 diputados para romper la hegemonÍa del gobierno. y el 52 % de los votos. >> lo que ha quedado demostrado, srs. es que el paÍs tiene una alternativa que se hat formado gracias a la convergencrta amgracias a la unidad de gente muy distinta. de distintos pensamientos pero partiendo de la premisa de que hablando se entiende la gente. >> el gobierno ganando la mayorÍa en la asamblea parece que terminÓrta amdiendoadespier coreaban su nombre en vano! >> chÁvez, chávez, chÁvez! >> el presidente nunca apareciÓ. >> por supuesto, que montamos una meta de alcanzara americade de elsulia. spiert >> obtuvimos una victoria. pero no obtuvo una victoria pablo pÉrez, obtuvo una victoria elsulia

con ustedes en estud cel gracias, alfredo por su informe..mientras tanto en caracaslos dar los resultados de los comicios.. en cola,la procuraduria general destituyo e inhabilito

. >> las calles de caracas estánn estáes que entrando el esfuerzo de bandos en estos días que quedanrlamento equilibrado y podría ser clave para el futuro del país, en caracas venezuelauniv univisión. >>univish@noticiero univisionh@o envenenamiento contra la actriz gabriela spanic que dice que su vida y lalo de la familia peso estuvo en peligro. >> este es un adelanto. >> asistente está tras cunh@not. rejas acusado del crimen. h@ tú pensión aflt que maría celeste era la que te estaba envenenoando. >> quién más. >> padres defiendo lleno le hacen un pedido a spanic. >> si tiene corazón grandeh@not. h@ como reacciona antenoticie mn icitar h@panic y el ón especial ennoti drama real. y esta noche las 10 y ojala puedan estar con nosotros. >> y ahí te vemos ahora sí. >> una hora completa. >> gracias. >> gracias. >> noticiero univisionh@unh@notie

en juego es el conionticiei totanué tieciero isioháveznotioi xravrn ca llegan al fin en calles de caracaslos quieran patria vengan con chávez a hacer la patria de nuestros hijos. >> el presidente no la tiene fácil la pop cisión considere skwle en calo ción que aspira a romper su hegemonía señalan posibilidad por que espaladas gobierno y pop cisión son silo mil ar, 50% lo que podría producir unoticiero univisionno votos de 49% y una pro porción de votos a favor de oposición de 48% es un empate. >> y para todo es ganancia tras haber retirado en el 2005 aspiraciones son mayor que nunca. >> quizás no gane mayoría pero si aspiran a romper que chávez necesitas para profundizar su revolución. >> el presidente está lanzado como pre candidato para elecciones del 2012, resultados de estos pro para otra drían indicar la voluntad popular para lograr aspiraciónes en caracas venezuela univisión. >> y vamos a la pausa comercial y en en seguida primeros cambios en mi nuevo sistema de saluden entran en vigor hablaremos de esto. noticin anoticiunivis pequeh@y n univiscios.no ero un volvemos. >> noticiero u

her office reports from the capital caracas. the sun rises here in caracas venezuela where very confrontational day tensions here are very high you can even feel it in the air really there have been a number of preparations under way to ensure that the instability that is played this country does not show up in these elections now there are seventeen million voters registered to vote in this a lot of some of that number it's predicted that seventy percent will come to the polls today and thirty percent will stay home now depending on how which way this election's wings it could so there could be signs out and instability tomorrow monday the day following the election it's predicted that the government party could win a majority of those seats but if the opposition sees the election that stolen even with the international observers here to ensure transparency there could be some kind of the margin tomorrow between both sides i say both sides i mean the opposition forces and the pro-government forces and now let's take a look at w

r t caracas venezuela. and seemingly almost fazed by the technical glitch which threatened their return the i.a.s. ask remembers i've been talking about their experience in orbit their minds on surprising if it saved on the things they missed most whilst in space. you know. i love spicy food i make real hot chili sauce myself i missed it badly i finished off all the spicy could jump stock on the isis and shocked everyone by making and eating more subway sandwiches now it's more fuel is good as a rocket. the thing you missed most of all is the i missed smiles i missed trees i even dreamt of them i even hallucinated i thought i smelled a real fire and something being barbecued on it i ended up putting pictures of trees on the walls to cheer myself up you do miss the earth. or the greens furthur turns to on doctor's all in shouting from the international space station failed because of a technical malfunction as a result of two russian cosmonauts and an american astronauts returning home was perspiring by a da

r t caracas venezuela well safe. which returned the i s s crew members up and talking about their experience with their minds and surprisingly fixated on the things they missed most space. i love spicy food i make real hot chili sauce myself i missed it badly i finished off all the spicy pitch up stock on the i assess and shocked everyone by making and eating with subway sandwiches now as my fuel is good as a rocket. the thing you miss there most of all is the earth itself i missed smells i missed trees i even dreamt of them i even hallucinated i thought i smelled a real fire and something being barbecued on it i ended up putting pictures of trees on the walls to cheer myself up you do miss the earth air. of occurring is the furthest had to. fail because of a technical malfunction resulting russian and american astronauts return home as for stoned by the populace quickly first and three crew members are safe kazakstan after their six month. and there are some other headlines from around the world this hour on the u.s

on the streets of caracas it's almost impossible to avoid election time because the venezuelan people know that this election in many ways is an ideological dispute one deeply rooted in the history of latin america and this is more than under the old war it's a war of interests and power the power that the right has always had over latin america more than any of your logical war it's about the right of the people in america to make our own decisions decisions that will eventually reflect after this election is finally over. r t caracas venezuela so fully back on earth seemingly unfazed by the technical glitch which threatened their return are so screw members supreme talking about their experiences in orbit their minds were surprisingly fixated on the things they missed most while in space. you know. i love spicy food i make real hot chili sauce myself i missed it badly i finished off all the spicy kitchen up stuck on the ice s. and shocked everyone by making eating with subway sandwiches now it's more fuel is good as a rocket. the thing you miss there most of all is the earth itself

our own decisions decisions that will eventually reflect after this election is finally over r t caracas venezuela. safely back on earth seemingly unfazed by the technical glitch which threatened their return the i.s.o.'s crew members have been talking about their experience in orbit their minds were unsurprisingly fixated on the things they missed most while in space. i love spicy food i make real hot chili sauce myself i missed it badly i finished off all the spicy ketchup stock on the i assess and shocked everyone by making eating with subway sandwiches that's my feel as good as a rock it's. the thing you miss there most of all is the earth itself i missed smells i missed trees i even dreamt of them i even hallucinated i thought i smelled a real fire and something being barbecued on it i ended up putting pictures of trees on the walls to cheer myself up he do miss the fair. well the crew's first attempt to undock the soyuz from the international space station failed because of a technical malfunction as a result two russian cosmonauts and an american astronauts return home was postpon

office has been following events in caracas. the rumors start to flare on the eve of the election allegations that voting machines were out of order began to circulate on the opposition side. but here at a station that is predominately pro opposition there were no complaints did you. having trouble voting just now no no program no nothing no problem i'm very surprised what has been drilled into their heads is that the opposition will win close to fifty fifty. six. members. in the house you know the congress and maybe sixty seventy towards the inner city however the crowds display more support for the government. what the opposition claim all along is that media messages they hold a majority on the contrary throughout the boats eleven years the revolutionary process us one reelection and these two is going to be a victory for us. my point station you can hear people saying vote up to the left read the government's party this school is not only one of the most historic landmarks in the city it's also one of the largest voting dist

desde caracas, nos explican lo que se hace para evitar los fraudes. >> a2 dÍas de las elecciones, sesido puestos bajo custodia militar. a las elecciones parlamentarias del 2005 la oposiciÓn denunció irregularidades en el sistema de votaciÓn, en el 2000 deciden participar. a pesar de estar en supuestas irregularidades participarÁn. >> en el 2005, ul horah@ultima l >> la oposiciÓn la mÁs confiada al proceso electoral. >> Última pausa y al volver un horaordena que ultimaama horul ultiay lohultimaama horultiorata horaordena que ultimaama horul ultiay lohultimaama horultiorata oraegresatima hultiorah@tima hul h y sólo 100 calorías sin grasa. ma hortima horatima hma horaulti orayoplaitima hght.ul i horaulrecupera tu cintura.

correspondent will grant is in caracas and joins me now.ell us more about this standoff between chavez and the prospective ambassador. >> back a couple months, larry palmer the potential ambassador was addressing the house committee and said that there was cuban influence in the venezuelaan military and he also said there was a lack of morale in the venezuelaan ministry. that because more than enough for president chavez to take him on really and said that he wouldn't be welcome. [no audio] >> apologies. i'm afraid we've lost that connection to will in caracas. we'll try to get that back as soon as possible the you are watching bbc news. still to come, as the threat from hurricane karl diminishes, hurricane igor heads toward bermuda. >> detectives investigating the murder of a leading pakistani politician in north london believe that his killing may have been politically motivated. dr. farouq, who had spent the last decade in exile until london, was found with stab wounds. >> suburban north london -- hardly the most obvious place from which

desde caracas, nos explican lo que se hace para evitar los fraudes. >> a2 dÍas de las elecciones, sean sido puestos bajo custodia militar.ua las elecciones parlamentarias del 2005 la oposiciÓn denunció irregularidades en el sistema de votaciÓn, en el 2000 deciden participar. a pesar de estar en supuestas irregularidades participarÁn.tia >> en el 2005, ultioraultima hol >> votantes sin direcciones o guarde en votaciÓn no habilitado, siguen siendo las mismas denuncias. >> no han sido auditado desde el 2006 que no ha sido auditado es que no se entregan las condiciones. >> vigilancia de votos que antes no tenÍan ocupado por un ejÉrcito. >> tenemos candidatos que van a defender sus votos a cada lugar. >> la oposiciÓn no estÁ dispuesto a que se repita. ya ganaron un proceso electoral en el 2000 ciento cuando votaron una reforma electroral. >> la oposiciÓn la mÁs confiada al proceso electoral. >> Última pausa y al volver un juez ordena que horah@tima hull r a a

bbc's will grant is in the capital of caracas. is hugo chÁvez putting on a brave face?> in a sense. he is also pointing out that his party did make -- did obtain the nationalist -- national assembly that he was looking for, albeit, as you quite rightly pointed out, not without the crucial -- not with the crucial 2/3 of parliament. he did poke fun at the opposition's jubilation, basically saying if they were willing like -- winning like this with in doing so well, they could keep doing it as long as they like. he is still feeling quite confident and quite content, although i think you are right to suggest there is an element of a brave face being put on all of this. there is no doubt that he wanted the 2/3 majority. >> secret, he must to -- must be disappointed to have lost some of the popular vote. >> is definitely a blow. the popular vote was almost a tie between the m.u.d. and his united socialist party. it was very close. many voters think that would be a good thing in venezuela because venezuelan politics have been so polarized over the last 11 years. voters were lo

as will grant reports from caracas, stopping the violence are among the voters' key concerns. >> these are the political wishes in venezuela. this may look like the kinds of supermarket you can find anywhere, but for years the venezuelan government has sold and subsidized food at low prices to the poor. with inflation the highest in latin america, your position blames the government for the highest cost in living. the government says that initiatives like this now are selling products at regulated prices for reasons that the socialist party should contain control of. for their part, the opposition candidate has made the price one of the main issues of their election campaign. in may tens of thousands of tons of food destined for the government subsidized markets were found rotting in ports or dumped in landfill sites around the country. the opposition used the scandal to acues the government of corruption. while the question of food prices is important, many voters say their main concern is crime. >> we're asking for security. we want a better standard of living for us, the poor, and w

r t caracas venezuela. the latest crewmen to return from the international space station have been telling of their experiences after one hundred seventy six days in orbit a day longer than planned do you have technical glitch but of interest to earthling reporters has been not all of them and found in space but the things they missed most back on planet earth. you know. i love spicy food i make real hot chili sauce myself. i finished off all the spicy could jump start this and shocked everyone by making. sandwiches feel as good as a rock. i missed smiles i missed trees i even dreamt of them i even hallucinated i thought i smelled a real fire and something you don't need i ended up putting pictures of trees on the walls to cheer myself up you do miss the. survey so use capsule carrying the crew of two russian cosmonauts and an american astronaut landed in kazakhstan despite some eleventh hour wars in orbit so the first attempts to undock from the international space station failed due to a false alarm which

will grant, bbc news, caracas. >> you're watching "bbc world news."till ahead on the program, saving the har test, why french champagne growers are turning to birds of prey. >> here in the u.k., the prospect of severe cuts has galvanized the trade union movement and planning widespread industrial action. congress has voted overwhelmingly in favor of coordinated strikes to protect jobs, pensions, pay, and services. >> all those in favor, please show. >> the unions are gearing up for a fight against what they call attacks of jobs, pensions, pay, and public services. >> what we've now got is not just a coalition government, but a demolition government. >> most of this conference talked of protest, some of strikes, a few of civil diso'bead -- disobedience. >> they see public sector workers, you know them, we'll be forced not to coordinate interaction. there needs to be a concentrated response from this congress. thank you very much. >> they did vote the jobs union industrial action, and felt out exactly what they were doing. for now, all it means is the b

it's an outstanding view from the top of one of the finest hotels in caracas venezuela. but on the ground there is a different reality a class war between the wealthy and the poor a battle that has been playing out here in venezuela since president chavez came to power in one thousand nine hundred eight it happened in almost every election and this one is no exception. it is what has politically mobilized both sides of the class divides leading to scenes as distinct as day. six. and that is. what the people of venezuela are calling one of the most important election this year what they care is that building the national assembly whoever gave the majority of the national assembly will have the authority to pass the laws in this country. and so the words build into the streets both for and against the chavez system the system we have right now but it's not coming. it's working for poor people that's why people love chavez because we can't go to the neighborhood today we have free education we have preferred before chavez came to power the poor were marginalized in venezuel

r t caracas venezuela. so you can back this seemingly on phase by the technical glitch which threatened their return the i.s.f. crew members have been talking about their experience in them lines where not surprisingly fixated on the things they missed most whilst in space. i love spicy food i make real hot chili sauce myself no i missed it badly i finished off all the spicy could jump stock on the ice this shocked everyone by making and eating with the sandwiches now is more fuel is good is a rock. the thing you miss the most to be. i missed smiles i missed trees i even dreamt of them i even hallucinated i thought i smelled a real fire and something being bbq donated i ended up putting bridges of trees on the walls to cheer myself up you do miss the earth there. and all the crews the first attempt to. shuttle from the space station failed because of a technical malfunction as a result two russian cosmonauts and american astronauts return home was disposed of by a day where the populace took pics and three