DolarToday Venezuela: How much is the dollar priced at? Today, Tuesday, January 11, 2022

The dollar in Venezuela was trading down this Tuesday, according to DolarToday, amid the opposition victory in the heart of the ruling party in the country and which gives hope to a fractured movement, according to analysts.

At the opening, the dollar It stood at 4.90 digital bolivars in the informal market in Venezuela, a level 0.40% lower than the previous day when it was quoted at 4.92, according to data from the portal DolarToday.

The victory of an opponent in the elections of the state of Barinas, the heart of Venezuela’s ruling socialist party, gives hope to a fractured opposition that it can win electoral victories when it manages to mobilize voters and political parties go together, analysts said.

Sergio Garrido, an opposition leader, won the elections on Sunday with the government of Barinas by obtaining 172,497 votes (55.36%) and defeating former minister Jorge Arreaza, who with 128,583 votes or 41.2% came in second place .

The total of votes in Barinas increased with respect to the regional elections of November, when 278,666 votes were registered in the state. On Sunday in Barinas, a state with about a million inhabitants, 600,000 voters were registered to vote, and 311,595 ballots participated, a rebound attributed mainly to the mobilization of opponents.

The ruling party, which controlled the entity for 22 years through the family of the late president Hugo Chávez, for the first time gives in to an opposition opponent, due to a wear and tear in the sector and the abstention of its electorate, according to analysts consulted.

With information from Reuters