The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. December 7, 2015 Venezuela: Right-Wing Opposition Wins Majority in National Assembly -------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, in Venezuela, the right-wing opposition party seized a majority in the National Assembly for the first time in years, winning 99 out of the 167 seats in Sunday's elections. The ruling socialist party won only 46 seats. President Nicolás Maduro accepted the election results, saying they did not signal an end to the Bolivarian revolution that began when Hugo Chávez was elected in 1999.