Chavez backers rally for charter changesFresno BeeCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) President Hugo Chavez urged thousands of supporters Friday to approve constitutional changes that he said could keep him in power until 2050 and threatened to halt oil exports to the U.S. if it tries to disrupt Sunday's vote....
VOTERS SAY NO TO CHAVEZ BIDThe Miami HeraldCARACAS -- President Hugo Chávez suffered a stunning defeat Sunday in a crucial vote in which he was seeking to deepen his vision of ''21st century socialism'' in Venezuela and fortify his role as Latin America's most powerful leftist leader...
Venezuela's president and public enemy No. 1The Los Angeles TimesOn Dec. 2, 1851, President Louis Napoleon Bonaparte dissolved the French National Assembly and asked the people of France to make him their sole ruler. Unsatisfied with the new presidential powers granted by his citizens, he called for still more...
Chavez Tastes Defeat Over ReformsTime MagazineVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez's left-wing, oil-fueled revolution usually carries itself like a swaggering, cocksure juggernaut. So it was a sign that things perhaps weren't looking good for the fiery, anti-U.S. leader Sunday night when he didn't...
A good day for democracyThe GuardianHugo Chávez's gracious concession of defeat shows how counterproductive the attempts to demonise him have been Articles December 3, 2007 1:00 PM "I thank you and I congratulate you," to his opponents. "I recognise the decision a people have...
Voter turnout less than expected for national referendumThe Miami HeraldCARACAS -- Venezuelan voters appeared to be turning out in lighter numbers than expected Sunday for a national plebiscite on constitutional changes toward President Hugo Chávez’s vision of “21st Century Socialism” in what has proven to be Chávez’s...
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