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BREAKING: Venezuela gives initial approval to Chavez Powers dictatorship
Rushing to be like ZimBOBwe are we?
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan lawmakers voting in the Reichstag on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill granting President Hugo Chavez the power to rule by decree for 18 months, saying the measure should be called an "enabling law."
I call it "voting" for a dictatorship, but I'm no Rooters reporter, so whadda I know?
Posted by: BA 2007-01-31
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=179216