Chavez Loses Constitutional Vote

[Pete S]

Good news for the people of Venezuela, but I doubt he will drop the topic so easily.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez suffered a stunning defeat Monday in a referendum that would have let him run for re-election indefinitely and impose a socialist system in this major U.S. oil provider.
Voters defeated the sweeping measures Sunday by a vote of 51 percent to 49 percent, said Tibisay Lucena, chief of the National Electoral Council, with voter turnout at just 56 percent.

Link to entire article: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Hoo-ah

[Pete]

He knows the boxes he needs to work on now.

[Ret10Echo]

I'm sure somewhere down in Caracas there is a warehouse full of brown shirts neatly folded and ready for distribution....



Echoing words he spoke when as an army officer he was captured and jailed for leading a failed 1992 coup, he said: "For now, we couldn't."

A few dozen Chavistas rode by on motorcycles with bandanas and hats covering their faces, some throwing firecrackers.

[Dad]

How strong is Chavez' support in the Venezuelan army?

[FFLaguna]

Originally Posted by Pete

He knows the boxes he needs to work on now.

And he has four or five full years to accomplish it. According to CNN, his current term lasts until 2012.

[Ret10Echo]

Ok folks, at what point in this game do we call B.S. and reconsider the status of a private front to a state-owned corporation from Venezuela as a problem? Regardless of what bleeding-heart, sensitivity commercials Citgo launches, we are sending money into the coffers of a lunatic who is openly stating his intentions toward the U.S.

Time for a letter to my elected officials.

Chavez calls for anti-US alliance
By James Ingham
BBC News, Caracas

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has called on other Latin American and Caribbean countries to form a military alliance against the United States.
The vehemently anti-US leader says Nicaragua, Bolivia, Cuba and Dominica should create one united force.

Mr Chavez, a long time critic of what he sees as US imperialism, made the comments after a summit of its leaders.

Despite constant US denials, Mr Chavez is convinced it poses a serious threat to South and Central America.

Venezuela's socialist leader has long been a critic of what he sees as US imperialism.

He has recently accused the country of trying to destabilise the region by forging stronger links with Colombia.

Mr Chavez has some key allies in his fight against capitalism, globalisation and the US.

Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua and now the Caribbean island of Dominica are all members of a trade alliance known as the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, a group that takes its name from South America's independence leader, Simon Bolivar.

Mr Chavez has urged them to draw up a joint defence policy and create a united military force against US imperialism.

"If the US threatens one of us, it threatens all of us," he said, "we will respond as one."

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Published: 2008/01/28 03:06:39 GMT

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