Does the US government want access to Venezuela's oil? Might they want to destabilize or stabilize a given regime there based on whether the regime is cooperative in giving the US what it wants? Would it make sense to portray Venezuela a certain way to Americans, in order to influence the public's perception and therefore their support of the US government's policies toward Venezuela?
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/19/3460412/andres-oppenhe...
The voting part: "free and fair".
Does the US government want access to Venezuela's oil? Might they want to destabilize or stabilize a given regime there based on whether the regime is cooperative in giving the US what it wants? Would it make sense to portray Venezuela a certain way to Americans, in order to influence the public's perception and therefore their support of the US government's policies toward Venezuela?