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Chavez loses vote on new powers in Venezuela
Reuters ^ | Mon Dec 3, 2007 12:32am ET

Posted on 12/02/2007 9:37:41 PM PST by james500

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lost a tight vote on Sunday in a referendum on giving him new powers and scrapping term limits on his left-wing rule.

The national electoral authority said early on Monday the "No" camp won 51 percent of the vote compared to the pro-Chavez "Yes" camp's 49 percent.

It said the trend could not be reserved and declared Chavez the loser.

The referendum vote on a raft of reforms would have allowed Chavez to run for reelection indefinitely, control Venezuela's foreign currency reserves, appoint loyalists over regional elected officials and censor the media if he declares an emergency.

Chavez has said he wants to rule for life and turn Venezuela into a socialist state. But defeat will likely put the Cuba ally under intense pressure to slow or halt his self-declared socialist revolution and step down when his term ends in 2013.

Chavez called the referendum vote "a photo finish".

(Additional reporting by Fabian Andres Cambero, Patricia Rondon and Jorge Silva, Writing by Saul Hudson; Editing by Kieran Murray)


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: breakingnews; chavez; hasthearmyvotedyet; venezuela
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To: america4vr
...that guy has major arthrytis, just look at his knuckels!
141 posted on 12/03/2007 9:09:08 PM PST by danmar (Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today!)
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To: danmar

Considering Chavez was rigging this, only explanation is that it must have been 2-1 against him and was impossible to rig.


142 posted on 12/04/2007 6:27:56 AM PST by farlander (Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
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