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And Democracy Wins, By A Hair

Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Dec 03 2007 | Filed under: Venezuela

From Venezuela, apparently just enough voters looked into the abyss and were afraid:
Venezuelans, by the slimmest of margins, rejected a constitutional referendum that would have allowed President Hugo Chavez to seek re-election indefinitely and tightened socialism’s grip on the oil-rich Latin American nation.
By 51 percent to 49 [...]

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Hey Hugo, “Por que no te callas?”

Jodi at Webloggin on Nov 20 2007 | Filed under: Linkfest, Spain, Venezuela

There was a bit of a row at last weeks Chile Summit prompting Spanish King Juan Carlos to lean forward and ask the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez “Por que no te callas?” or “Why don’t you shut up?”
It all started when Hugo Chavez called former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar a “fascist” and repeatedly [...]

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