Upset in Venezuela

Venezuelan voters narrowly defeated President Hugo Chavez's proposal to broaden his powers, said Chris Kraul in the Los Angeles Times. "It was a shocking electoral loss" for a feared "strongman." Democracy is still under attack in Sout

What happened

Venezuelan voters on Sunday narrowly defeated a bundle of constitutional reforms that could have let President Hugo Chavez run for re-election indefinitely and given him—according to opponents—the powers of a dictator. (AP in USNews.com)

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