According to Reuters, the Venezuelan Legislature voted today to give Hugo Chavez "decree powers" for 18 months. Of course, it will be such a hassle painting over all the cult-of-personality murals plastered throughout the nation.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BG69720101217?feedType=RSS&feedName=everything&virtualBrandChannel=11563
I hope the Venezuelans are happy that Chavez will make their "trains run on time."
The comments from friends are as follows:
It's official - Venezuela has lost it's collective mind...
But it worked so well for the Germans in the past...
So in VZ you have the legislature enabling a dictator and that is okay. In Turkey you have the military trying to ensure the viability of secular democracy and that is not okay.
Don't forget that in Honduras you have the military acting at the behest of the courts and the legislature to uphold their oath to defend the constitution by preventing the president from becoming Hugo 2.0 and that is not okay either...
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