his current term ends in 2013
Are you joking I hope?
Chavez loses constitutional vote
IAN JAMES, Associated Press
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071203/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_constitution
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez suffered a stinging defeat in a vote on constitutional changes that would have let him run for re-election indefinitely, the chief of National Electoral Council said Monday.
Voters defeated the sweeping measures by a vote of 51 percent to 49 percent, Tibisay Lucena said. Turnout was just 56 percent, Lucena said.
Chavez called it a “photo finish” immediately after the results were announced.
The referendum on constitutional changes was a critical test for a leader bent on turning this major U.S. oil provider into a socialist state. An emboldened opposition and clashes during student-led protests in recent weeks had prompted fears of bitter conflict in Chavez’s closest race in years.