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Article: Weathering the storm; Politics in Venezuela.(Chavez's troubles)(President Hugo Chavez)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 27, 2002
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Hugo Chavez and his government are hanging on. Just
VENEZUELA'S embattled President Hugo Chavez, who is much given to colourful similes, recently compared his "revolutionary" government to a ship that has just come through a storm. "Now that we are sure we're not going to sink," he said, "we are once again looking for the horizon." The storm in question was April's bungled coup attempt, along with the political turbulence that followed. Having ridden out the succeeding weeks, including a sensitively handled annual round of military promotions, the president may be forgiven a smile of satisfaction. Yet his ship is still in dangerous waters.
Since the ...