Chavez leads massive rally, over 100,000 people

Chavez leads massive rally of over 100,000

english.aljazeera.net

The Venezuelan president has led more than 100,000 people to rally for constitutional changes that include removing the limits on the presidential tenure.

Hugo Chavez also accused the opposition of inciting violence during recent demonstrations and said the government may deny permits for more rallies.

Venezuela will hold a referendum on December 2 to decide on 69 proposed constitutional amendments.

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[edit on 5-11-2007 by anhinga]

Obviously tied to their referendum, scheduled for next month. People should also notice this, for those who think he's an 'actor' pawn in the game:

On Friday Venezuela's National Assembly approved the constitutional changes that will expand Chavez's powers and allow him to run for re-election indefinitely.

The changes, which would implement "economic socialism", will also widen the president's decision-making powers regarding military affairs, the national reserves and monetary policy.

Chavez, first elected in 1999, will have to leave office in 2013 unless the rules are changed.

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They have approved this? Sounds crazy... im surprised he got so much support for it. He must be very popular.


[edit on 5-11-2007 by Copernicus]

The president removing government powers.Who would want to do that.I wanna move to Venz. almost lol sounds great!

The US will be hard pressed to paint Chavez as a terrorist.With such public approval Bush co better tread carefully.

[edit on 5-11-2007 by Bushwacked]