~HISTORY+OF+VENEZUELA~


 * ~VENEZUELA'S RECENT HISTORY WITHIN THE LAST 50-100 YEARS ~ **
 * Hugo Chavez, elected president in December 1998, for the country of Venezuela. Chavez had called for a new creation, a new constitution named "The Bolivarian of Venezuela", and a new set of social relations. In August 2004 Chavez faced a recall because people did not like the changes he was making. After all the voting had went on 59% of voters voted to keep Chavez in office. Again Chavez had a nother recall, and then he won the presidental elections on December 3 2006. At that election they had didn't observers from different organizations, among them from te European Union. Again in December of 2007, Chavez suffered from his first defeat, when voters rejected changes proposed by him to increase the power of presidency. They saw a very high level of abstention, by the recent poles of the people in Venezuela. Chavez again called another referendum, talking about proposing changes to the constitution on that he could run for presidency for as many terms as he wanted to, or anyone else on that fact. The referendum took place on Febuary 15, 2009, and Hugo Chavez won the election. Now he can run as many terms as he wants to.

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