africa.reuters.com - 11/30/2008
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday urged supporters to work on a constitutional reform that would let him stay in office as long he keeps winning elections, a year after voters narrowly rejected this same proposal in a referendum. The anti-U.S. leader is pushing ...
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COPENHAGEN, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A Danish warship
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of Aden on Thursday after receivnig a distress signal from the ship, which was floundering in heavy seas, the Danish Navy said. The Naval Operational ...
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Chávez Seeks Indefinite Re-election (Yet Again)
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... when his term expires in 2013.
However, he only wants 6 more years (or so he says):
Chavez on Sunday said he would stay in office until 2019 if voters abolished the term limits.
However, the BBC report clouds the 2019 question, quoting the President:
“I am ready, and if I am healthy, God willing, I will be with you until 2019, until 2021,” he said.
Well, that clears it up. (Reuters goes with 2021).
At any rate, the BBC reports states that unlike the package ...
Evil Clown Wants to Stay in Office Until 2021
JammieWearingFool —
... Or maybe until he's dead. Which hopefully is sooner than 2021 . Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday urged supporters to work on a constitutional reform that would let him stay in office as long he keeps winning elections, a year after voters narrowly rejected this same proposal in a referendum. The anti-U.S. leader is pushing forward the controversial proposal to eliminate a two-term limit for the president just a week after regional elections in which the OPEC nation's fractured opposition gained ground by beating Chavez allies in key states and the capital of Caracas. ...
Chavez pushes for more time in office
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... 2021," Chavez told a crowd of red-clad supporters in a televised address. Chavez said reports of opposition governors and mayors sabotaging social programs and attacking government supporters convinced him he needed more time in office. "Last year, when we lost the referendum, I said I should accept the decision of the majority," he said. "But now seeing what's happening, seeing more clearly the great threat of these fascists ... I say you were right, Chavez will not go." Read more: http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnTRE4AT2HU.html I think it's amusing that Chavez states: ...
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Back from Africa
corner.nationalreview.com 11/3/2008 — And catching up on the latest spats. There wasn't much internet in the bush, and I was reminded once again that one of the many reasons I love Africa is that, if you make a really big mistake, there is always something ready to eat you. I thought, watching a couple of lions fighting over pieces ...
The Revolution Will Be Released on iTunes: Singing Along With Chavez
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 11/11/2008 — The delusional psychopath running Venezuela into the ground is so enamored with the sound of his own voice he's releasing an album with a collections of songs and poems.
A great little stocking-stuffer for the Marxist revolutionary in your ...
Uphill battle for Chavez in Venezuela vote: polls
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reuters.com 1/14/2009 — CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chavez, may have a tough time convincing voters to pass a referendum next month that would allow him to run for re-election, two polls show. Chavez, who has been in power for a decade, must leave ...
In Venezuela, Locking Up the Vote
washingtonpost.com 11/6/2008 — Hugo Chavez, who is up for reelection as Venezuelan president this year, kicked off his new campaign with an old tactic: criminal trials of his leading opponents. For years Latin America's would-be socialist revolutionary has been nursing along ...
Chavez Cuts Off Cheap Oil, Useful Idiot Joe Kennedy Hardest Hit
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — No longer useful
Communist thug Hugo Chavez has announced plans to cut off "charitable" contributions of cheap home heating oil to poor U.S. households and none other than useful idiot Joe Kennedy is suffering the brunt. Citgo Petroleum Corp., the ...
Hill to meet N.Koreans in Singapore this week —
Reuters: Politics 12/1/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill will meet North Korean officials in Singapore ahead of December 8 multilateral talks in Beijing on persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear programs, a U.S. official said on ...
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