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Caribbean-Latin America
Venezuela's Maduro closes in on powers by decree
2013-11-14
[Pak Daily Times] Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was a step closer to getting the votes he needs to govern by decree after his ruling party ousted an opposition politician from parliament on Tuesday.

Opposition deputy Maria Mercedes Aranguren walked out of the unicameral National Assembly after politicians voted to expel her and remove her parliamentary immunity.

Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is one vote shy of the three-fifths majority it needs to give the leftist leader the power to rule by decree for one year.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Champ issued a decree just today. We win! USA! USA! USA!
Posted by: Iblis   2013-11-14 21:31  

#7  Maduro has reached near the knee of the curve. Now all that remains is to go over the knee and drive the steep incline all the way to the bottom.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2013-11-14 20:41  

#6  Of course, Obama is paying very close attention.

All he needs to do is to eliminate that pesky House of Representatives - or at least the Republicans, and he can rule by decree. A more compliant Congress can always rubber stamp his executive orders, and bureaucratic regulations if need be.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2013-11-14 17:44  

#5  Wait a second... AlanC is right...
Posted by: Shipman   2013-11-14 16:52  

#4  There will be no civil war, only low level strife, bitter tears, finger pointing and the occasional amateur assassination. Also looting, disease and a general super-charged entropic motion, ending in a honest to gawd old fashioned banana republic, with just enough oil to keep body and soul together.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-11-14 16:51  

#3  Frank G, and how soon before that list becomes the state of the US? We got inflation, we got crime.......?
Posted by: AlanC   2013-11-14 09:16  

#2  Maduro is no Chavez. Shortages, blackouts, inflation, crime. A civil war is coming
Posted by: Frank G   2013-11-14 08:09  

#1  Govern by decree?? Where have I heard about that lately?
Posted by: AlanC   2013-11-14 07:36  

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