Chavez setback biggest news in Latin America
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The defeat Sunday of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s electoral plan to change the country’s constitution and augment his powers led newspaper accounts throughout the region.
La República, Peru: ‘Venezuela le dijo NO’ [Venezuela tells him NO]
El Mercurio, Chile: ‘En reñida votación, Chávez pierde referéndum que le permitía nuevas reelecciones’ [In tight voting, Chavez loses referendum that would have allowed new reelections]
La Razón, Bolivia: ‘El NO gana en Venezuela y Chávez admite su derrota’ [‘The NO wins in Venezuela and Chavez admits his defeat’]
Clarín, Argentina: ‘Venezuela le dijo NO a la reforma de Chávez’ [Venezuela says NO to Chavez’s reform]
Página/12, Argentina: ‘NO, por un pelito’ [NO, by a hair]
O Globo, Brazil: ‘Venezuela rejeita reforma que daria superpoderes a Chávez’ [Venezuela rejects reform that would give superpowers to Chavez]
Posted by Patrick J. McDonnell in Lima and Andrés D’Alessandro in Buenos Aires