i think it's funny how they gloss over his political leanings as "conservative".

this is the guy that ran the military coup a few years ago. and the major opposition party is essentially the clique that the military overthrew.

in other words, the election is a transparent sham. but, bullshit western monitors will declare it free. and the resistance will have to take more extreme forms.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25098965