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Venezuela's Chavez Wins Decisive Victory; Leftist President Given Another Six Years To Consolidate His 'Bolivarian Revolution'
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 that included former guerrillas, industrialists and right-wing radicals, but had only four months to gather momentum. …
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