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Chavez Moves to Expand Power with Decree Enabled Council Rule
Hugo Chavez seeks to extend presidential power via an enabling law soon to pass the all-Chavista National Assembly. The draft would let him regulate for 18 months in broad areas, including the economy and state institutions, while nationalizing companies and reshaping schools to socialist aims. Community councils would gain spending power, with about 1.8 billion dollars nationwide, empowering residents in housing, electricity and pothole repairs. Chavez frames this as a new era of maximum revolution, while opponents warn of shrinking freedoms under a one man rule.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Hugo Chavez
Congress
all-Chavista National Assembly
Chavez
Freddy Alvarez
People’s Assemblies
Supreme Court
Omar Mora Diaz
Dario Vivas