'Parallel governments' stoke polarized politics in Venezuela.

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http://news.yahoo.com/39-parallel-governments-39-stoke-polarized-politics-venezuela-163105217.html

Associated Press CARACAS (Reuters) - Opposition politician Ricardo Hernandez was elected mayor of Tariba, a small Venezuelan city near the border with Colombia, by a landslide.

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In the days after December 8 municipal elections in which the opposition won 75 mayoralties, Hernandez discovered that the company that collects trash had stopped working - apparently on orders of his predecessor, a member of the ruling Socialist Party (PSUV).

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Across the OPEC nation, new office holders in the 49 mayoralties that passed to the opposition from the PSUV complain about what they say are efforts by President Nicolas Maduro's central government to strip their powers.

The moves have included taking away responsibilities - including the management of parks, theaters and other cultural centers - and removing assets from local authorities.

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1. Maduro's motto: If you can't beat them

bypass them. Charming. Venezuelan 'democracy' at its finest.

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2. completely inept government n/t

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