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Weekly Report - 5 February 2009 (ISSN 1741-7422)
VENEZUELA: Chávez celebrates 10 years at the helm
President Hugo Chávez declared an impromptu national holiday on 2
February to celebrate the day when “the essence of Bolívar re-emerged in our
people 10 years ago and the peaceful Bolivarian Revolution and the people became
the government" or, in other words, the culmination of his tenth year in power.
Chávez used the day to showcase the achievements of his government over the last
decade and, as such, it served as campaign propaganda before the all-important
referendum to amend the constitution to allow continuous re-election on 15
February.
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