| Venezuela votes for "Yes" |
Chávez can postulate to future reelections |
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| The president Hugo Chávez, throws a kiss to his followers from a balcony of the presidential palace of Miraflores after his electoral victory in the referendum of Sunday, the 15th. Photo: Fernando Llano / AP. |
Jorge Rueda
Caracas, Venezuela / AP
But in the next four years that him remain of his current order there waits for him the difficult task of demonstrating without delay that it is capable of reducing the poverty, of knocking down the highest inflation of the continent and revertir the criminal heyday that overwhelms the Venezuelans.
Chávez aimed in eve at a big victory after there was approved his proposal of amendment of the Constitution in referendum with more than half of the scrutinized votes
The amendment was approved by more than six million votes (54,36 %). The votes for the fueron 5,04 millions (45,63 %), with an abstention of 32,95 %, he informed the Electoral National Advice (CNE) in his first bulletin expressed after the count of about 94 % of the votes, and read for titling it of this dependency, Tibisay Lucena.
This was the second attempt of Chávez of modifying the Constitution of 1999, promoted by him, which only was allowing him the immediate reelection for an additional period. His first attempt was pushed back in the referendum of 2007
Chávez supports that it must remain in the government at least until 2019 to consolidate his "revolution" and what he calls the “socialism of the XXIst century”. Other of the challenges of Chávez in the next four years will be to reconquer the confidence of those followers who doubt of his projects.
| They freeze assets |
Panic in Latin America for fraud
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Ben Fox
St. John's, Antigua / AP
Divisions of Stanford International Bank and of some affiliates in Latin America denied on Wednesday, the 18th the attention to the scared thifty persons who were thinking about how to withdraw his money then that the American federal regulators accused the financier texano R. Allen Stanford of perpetrating a fraud for 8.000 million dollars against his investors.
Some clients came to Antigua in private planes and covered in motorcar the highway that leads to the general offices of the bank, where it was said to them nevertheless that all the assets had remained frozen, in expectation of an investigation on the part of the financial regulators of the island.
El Salvador
Observers l
The European Union (EU) initiated on Tuesday, the 17th the deployment of the first group of 22 observers that will give him pursuit to the arrangements of the presidential elections of March 15. Ten days before the elections another 44 observers of the organism will come, between them the chief of the mission, the Spanish Luis Yañez-Barnuevo. Also they will join to the electoral observation, 15 members of the European Parliament.
Ecuador
They expel diplomat
The government of the president Rafael Correa gave 48 hours of term to Mark Sullivan, the first secretary in the embassy of the United States, so that it leaves Ecuador, after accusing it on Wednesday, the 18th of committing a “unacceptable interfering” in matters of the country.
Honduras
”Historical error”
To lend like throwing base for the invasion of Bay of Pigs was a “historical error” of Guatemala, made sure the president Alvaro Colom before returning to his country after an official visit of three days to Havana. “Historical errors as this one must be remembered so that they are not done not committed again”, he added.
Colombia
Military plane falls down
A military plane in training works fell down on Wednesday in an area of the center of the country and five occupants of the ship died in the mishap which cause is under investigation. The commander of the Colombian air force, general Jorge Ballesteros, pushed back that the airship has been knocked down by hostile fire.
Bolivia
Russian credit
The government of Bolivia will manage before Russia a credit to receive “technical and military support” for his armed forces, reported on Wednesday the president Evo Morales. The chief said that he agreed the topic with his Russian companion Dmitry Medvedev on Monday, the 16th during the first visit realized by a Bolivian president to Moscow.
Peru
Economy grows
Peru achieved a vigorous economic growth of 9,84 % in 2008, although in December this expansion suffered a slope in the middle of the global financial crisis, informed the National Institute of Statistics and Computer science (INEI) on Monday, the 18th. Elcrecimiento was the highest of Peru in the last 14 years and he crowned a decade of continuous expansion.
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