Hugo Chavez: Venezuela

Gilda Sollami Dept: The candidate she voted for lost. Resigned to seeing President Hugo Chavez in power another six years, she and countless other Venezuelan immigrants settled back into their lives in the United States, convinced change was still far away, according to Montreal Gazette. "It's traumatic to all Venezuelans," said Sollami, 22, whose father still lives in the country and mIAMI - Gilda Sollami left Venezuela five years ago, but her ties to the South American country remain so strong she travelled there in October to vote in the presidential elections. Now with Chavez's health on the line, the future of the country is again awash in uncertainty. For the thousands of Venezuelans who live in Miami, many of them with a foot in two different countries, their future is also in limbo: They are cautiously optimistic new elections will be held in Venezuela but also skeptical change will occur soon. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.