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Article: Venezuela's Chavez Wins Decisive Victory; Leftist President Given Another Six Years To Consolidate His 'Bolivarian Revolution'
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- The Washington Post
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- December 4, 2006
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By an overwhelming margin, Venezuelans reelected President Hugo
Chavez on Sunday, further extending a presidency that began when the
former paratrooper was swept into power eight years ago, intent on
overturning Venezuela's old social order. Chavez will receive
another six years in office to broaden his leftist revolution and
contest American initiatives across Latin America.
"Today is a new era," the fiery populist leader told screaming
supporters. "Venezuela is red, very red."
With 78 percent of the votes counted by 10 p.m., electoral
authorities announced that Chavez, 52, had secured 61.3 percent of
the vote to 38.4 percent for Manuel Rosales, whose candidacy united
a fractured opposition ...