NACLA Update 01/29/2009 - Bolivia Looking Forward, Re-Election Reform in Venezuela




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Bolivia Looking Forward: New Constitution Passed, Celebrations Hit the Streets
by Benjamin Dangl

After Bolivia's new constitution was passed in a national referendum on Sunday, thousands gathered in La Paz to celebrate. Standing on the balcony of the presidential palace, President Evo Morales addressed a raucous crowd: "Here begins a new Bolivia. Here we begin to reach true equality."
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Venezuela: Local Reactions to the Re- Election Reform
by Max Ajl

While the mainstream media fumes over the possibility of indefinite re-election in Venezuela, local reaction of some chavista sectors provides compelling insights into the course of Venezuela's revolutionary process. Some chavistas support the referendum in undying devotion to Chávez, for many others its pure pragmatism. For still others, the officials in the government are just incubators of a more radical project.
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