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Chavez wins vote to scrap term limits in Venezuela

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-02-16 15:42

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez greets supporters after casting during a referendum in Caracas February 15, 2009. Venezuelans  [Agencies]

Chavez took office in 1999 and won support for a new constitution the same year that allowed the president to serve two six-year terms, barring him from the 2012 elections. Sunday's vote was his second attempt to change that. Voters rejected a broader referendum in December 2007.

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