kate:
“you clearly haven’t opened up a Venezuelan newspaper”
I guess you’re talking about this:
foxnews.com/story/0,2933,481026,00.html
The oppposition stages a violent protest, which gets broken up, and then they claim oppression.
Wow. That’s a new tactic. Never heard of that one before.
When illegal violence is used by his supporters, Chavez does not allow it:
iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/08/news/LT-Venezuela-Referendum-Violence.php
rv:
“I’m really struggling to understand why a majority of the Venezuelans has voted to be able to do away with term limits on any elected position…Anyone care to take a stab at explaining this?”
Many countries other than Venezuela also do not have term limits, such as France, Australia, Italy, Japan, Canada. It’s not that radical of an idea. Many in the US seem to think term limits are anti-democratic:
nytimes.com/2008/10/01/opinion/01wed2.html
