AS/COA (Americas Society/Council of the Americas) has put together an election guide [1] for Venezuela's upcoming presidential election on October 7, 2012. The guide includes a section on social media [2]:
During the 2012 election, social media will play an important role. Twitter has one of its largest user bases [3] in Venezuela, where there are also over 9 million [4] Facebook users. That brings Facebook’s penetration rate in Venezuela to 33 percent [5].