在去年十一月的地方选举中，查韦斯的支持者们只获得了勉强的多数，而反对派收获不菲。
In local elections last November, Mr Chavez's supporters won a narrow majority but the opposition made important gains.
向泰国出售的天然气已经让部分将军富有了，但是却没有提高占人口大多数的、勉强维持生活的农民的生活状况。
Already, the sale of gas to Thailand has made some of them rich, without improving the lot of subsistence farmers, the majority of the population.
如果它在真正的选举中勉强赢得胜利，肯定要服务于农村大多数而不是城市少数人的需要。
If it somehow managed to win a genuine election, it would have to serve the needs of the rural majority instead of the urban minority.
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