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Chávez wins Venezuela vote but opposition gains
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s left-wing party won most state races in elections on Sunday, but the opposition scored victories in major centres.
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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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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.
