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2004-08-16 Caribbean-Latin America

Venezuela's Chavez on brink of referendum defeat

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Posted by Anonymous2u 2004-08-16 12:57:47 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I predict the will "win by a landslide."

Posted by Flamebait93268 2004-08-16 1:33:23 AM|| 2004-08-16 1:33:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Reuters declares that with 94% of the vote counted Chavez "survived", with the notation that if he had lost supportive oil workers could have disrupted oil production ...

Posted by Edward Yee 2004-08-16 5:07:13 AM|| [http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2004-08-16 5:07:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 As I predicted. He had it rigged to win regardless. Rooters is happy I bet as it loves oppressors of every ilk.

Posted by Flamebait93268 2004-08-16 5:16:28 AM|| 2004-08-16 5:16:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Jimmy Carter is, apparently, in Venezuala today. Oil is down slightly on news of Chavez's claim of victory.

Posted by mhw 2004-08-16 10:27:47 AM|| 2004-08-16 10:27:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Rooters is happy I bet as it loves oppressors of every ilk.

I don't know about Reuters, but the Beeb's ~~Listen with Mother~~ lunchtime news was plainly overjoyed.

Posted by Bulldog 2004-08-16 10:34:22 AM|| 2004-08-16 10:34:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The Devil's Excrement is reporting on the developing story... the short form, excerpted:

The CD says the results are exactly the opposite based on : Exit polls and the addition of all of the final results of all of the polling stations in the country added by Sumate. They said that the two CNE Directors that are not pro-Chavez were not allowed in the totalling of the data of the CNE. There was no audit of the paper ballots and this was a gigantic fraud. Nothing yet from OAS and the Carter Center. I hear two different rumors, one that at ten AM ther willbe a press conference, two, that OAS may leave the country without saying anything a la Peru. Very sad and confusing outcome. This is the worst possible. The Cd also said they will ask for the addition of all paper ballots printed by the voting machines.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-08-16 10:51:28 AM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-08-16 10:51:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Former Prez Carter has endored the Chavez victory.

Posted by mhw 2004-08-16 3:56:11 PM|| 2004-08-16 3:56:11 PM|| Front Page Top

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