Venezuela: Chavez won! and other articles

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Venezuela: Chavez wins referendum with 58% of the vote, beating recall attempt

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez wins referendum on his mandate
CARACAS -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won a referendum on his mandate, with over 58 percent of the vote, electoral authorities announced, delivering a crushing defeat to the opposition.

With most ballots counted, 58.25 percent of the electorate voted for Chavez to remain in office and 41.74 percent voted for his mandate to be revoked, said Francisco Carrasquero, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE).
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Battle for Iraq's future: Iraqi "government" asks journalists to leave Najaf, not to witness US attacks

Donald Macintyre in Najaf
16 August 2004

NAJAF, Iraq -- Democracy was a long way from Najaf yesterday. As fighting resumed in the Shia holy city, Iyad Allawi's government moved to impose an authoritarian media clampdown before any full-scale assault on the holy sites which insurgents have made their base.
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Venezuela: Voters turn out in huge numbers, country divided along class lines, workers and the poor supporting Chavez

Frontlines will post the results of today's Referendum later today, when they become available


Frontlines staff, with material from Associated Press, LA Times, Aporrea.org

CARACAS, Venezuela -Huge demonstrations organized by both sides took place Saturday. Chavez's supporters maily drawn from the poor and working class neighborhoods, the opposition having the upper hand among the ruling class and upper middle class.

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