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Article: Constitutional vote.(new constitution approved in Venezuela)(Brief Article)
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- December 24, 1999
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A man begs for money on a street in Caracas Dec. 14. Figures indicate that 68 percent of the Venezuelan population cannot meet their basic needs, while some 11 million Venezuelans live in extreme poverty. Venezuelans approved a new constitution Dec. 15 that President Hugo Chavez said will help to end widespread poverty and government corruption.
Msgr. Baltazar Porras, president of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, said Dec. 11 that Chavez was fomenting "fear and hate" and dividing Venezuelans in his campaign for a new ...