- Tienduizenden Chavez supporters gingen afgelopen zondag de straat opo om hun steun te betuigen voor een wijziging van de grondwet welke onder meer de limiet op het aantal opeenvolgende president-termijnen opheft. De demonstratie was enkele kilometers lang.
Over de grondwetswijzigingen bereikte de nationale volksraad vrijdag een akkoord, en de verwachting is dat het nog te houden referendum over deze kwestie een duidelijke overwinning zal opleveren.


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Supporters of Venezuela's Chavez and his reforms stage massive march
International Herald Tribune/Associated Press
November 4, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/04/ameri...

CARACAS, Venezuela: Tens of thousands of Venezuelans marched through the capital on Sunday, in a show of support for changing the constitution to greatly expand socialist President Hugo Chavez's power and allow him to run for re-election indefinitely.

Waving flags and wearing the red of Chavez's ruling party, the "Chavistas" — as the president's backers are known — shouted slogans in favor of the 69 proposed amendments in a procession that stretched for several kilometers (miles).

Vice President Jorge Rodriguez predicted a solid victory in a Dec. 2 up-down referendum on the changes, which were overwhelmingly approved Friday by the Chavista-controlled National Assembly.
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Chavez, who won re-election last year on promises to transform Venezuela into a socialist state, says the changes would expand democracy by giving neighborhood-based assemblies administrative responsibilities usually reserved for elected officials.