Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete
Chavez's party wins majority of seats in Venezuelan elections
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americ...ons/index.html
"Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) -- President Hugo Chavez's ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela won more seats than opponents in the country's parliamentary elections, but lost the supermajority that has allowed for quick passage of many of Chavez's pet projects................."
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".........Opposition leader Ramon Guillermo Aveledo said after the results were announced that officials had not mentioned a crucial figure. In the popular vote, he said, the opposition coalition won a 52 percent majority............."
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Well, he lost the supermajority he had, and it cost him a lot of Chinese appliances to buy the votes he got.
TR
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De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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