Venezuela elections November 2015- get some facts from academic resources

This week elections took place in Venezuela what were the results? what was the background and possible outcome?
find out more using our recommended academic resources.

The official electoral body has a website with results and regulations.

IFES has some background information on the elections plus discussion of the conduct. 
CRS Insight prepared as a background for US politicians.

News services

AVN (spanish language) 
El Nacional 
Guardian newspaper
Economist has a primer and discussion.
 New York Times editorial (from November) and news
Venezuela analysis.com
Venezuelanalysis.com is a project of Venezuela Analysis, Inc., which is registered as a non-profit organization in New York State and of the Fundación para la Justicia Económica Global,

Polls
Barometropolitico.com
Americans Barometer polls on political attitudes. 1995-2014
 

Think tank reports
these provide background to the political/ human rights situation. state of democracy
Brookings Institution
International Crisis Group
Bloomberg
Foreign Policy
Council on Foreign Relations 
Carnegie Endowment 
Amnesty International 
Human Rights Watch

Venezuela elections recommended academic sites

This week Nicolas Maduro succeeded Chavez in the Venezuela presidential elections. see the announcement on the Ministry of the exterior.
Announcements from the Tribunal Supremo and the website of the National Election Authority.

but who is he?
He has an official Facebook site with photographs and messages.
Twitter account.
YouTube videos from the campaigns and earlier

See a profile on the BBC website
There is also a good biography of the CIDOB website (in Spanish)
The Council of the Americas- explains the issues at stake (for Americas)
Newspaper coverage.
Official news agency coverage.
Ultimas Noticias
Noticias 24
El Universal
Prensa latina- Latin American news agency
El Nacional
venezuela Analysis.com (Venezuelanalysis.com is an independent website produced by individuals who are dedicated to disseminating news and analysis about the current political situation in Venezuela.) also had coverage and viewpoin ts from the area.

Upside down world also has postings from activists covering the situation.


Overseas coverage of Maduro from El Pais
Wall Street Journal
Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights, a blog hosted by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) has a live election blog of coverage
as did Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
Economist blog

finally the following organisations monitored the conduct of the election. so it might be worth checking for updates.
UNASUR - Union of South American nations.
OAS