Saul Hudson
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/ 3 December 2007

Venezuelans reject Chávez’s bid for new powers

Venezuelans have rejected President Hugo Chávez’s bid to win new powers and run for re-election for decades to come in an unprecedented defeat that could slow his socialist revolution in the Opec nation. In a fiercely contested referendum on Sunday, voters said ”No” to reforms that would have scrapped term limits on Chávez’s rule.

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/ 10 January 2007

Chávez sworn in for new radical term

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was sworn in on Wednesday for a new six-year term that he vows to use to press a radical socialist revolution, including nationalisations that have roiled financial markets. Emboldened by his landslide re-election win, the typically combative anti-United States leader has gone on the attack.