Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:10pm GMT
A polarized Venezuela celebrated and deplored on Monday
socialist President Hugo Chavez's referendum victory that allows
him to run for re-election in an OPEC nation facing plummeting oil
income. Chavez, who has been in power for 10 years and vows to rule
for decades, promised to repay the clear backing in Sunday's vote
from his mainly poor supporters by combating their No. 1 concern
-- crime that has given Venezuela one of the world's highest
murder rates. To read stories om the referendum, double-click on the
brackets.
A polarized Venezuela celebrated and deplored on Monday
socialist President Hugo Chavez's referendum victory that allows
him to run for re-election in an OPEC nation facing plummeting oil
income. Chavez, who has been in power for 10 years and vows to rule
for decades, promised to repay the clear backing in Sunday's vote
from his mainly poor supporters by combating their No. 1 concern
-- crime that has given Venezuela one of the world's highest
murder rates. To read stories om the referendum, double-click on the
brackets.
MAIN STORIES
> Polarized Venezuela cheers, deplores Chavez win [ID:nN16297398]
> ANALYSIS-Chavez helped by vote as economy bites [ID:nN15286117]
> ANALYSIS-Venezuela econ woes cast pall on vote [ID:nN16299877]
FACTBOXES
> Basic facts about Venezuela's Hugo Chavez [ID:nN15373858]
> Facts about Venezuela's oil industry [ID:nN09517544]
> Main events in Chavez's decade [ID:nN16302511]
> Social projects win Chavez support [ID:nN10426386]
> Venezuela's Chavez's policies 10 years on [ID:nN02463494]
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