rory carroll is author of, "comandante: hugo chavez's venezuela."ens latin- american correspondent and was based in caracas until last year. he is now the u.s. west coast correspondent for the guardian based in los angeles. mark weisbrot joins us from washington, d.c., an economics and co-director of the center for economic and policy research. can you talk about the significance of what took place yesterday, the election nicolÁs maduro? of these didty vote for continuity, and i think they did so mainly because there was a large increase [no audio] >> i am sure it will not change the results. the numbers are still large. it is very good for the country that have a system like that and will be a will to resolve it. you already saw the congratulations coming in from argentina, ecuador, and all of the government's i think will stand behind if there's any conflict over it. there will stem the hon government of venezuela. on the other side of the u.s., -- and on the other side is the u.s. that is something your listeners and viewers should understand. wh