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Hugo Chavez received his first defeat yesterday since the start of his 9 years as head of Venezuela, with his constitutional reforms being voted no by a very close margin. According to the official count of the Venezuelan Election Commission, Chavez’s 69 amendments were rejected 51 to 49 percent. After accepting the loss Chavez said:

I understand and accept that the proposal I made was quite profound and intense.

But he also said he wouldn’t give up on seeking change.

The results were so close that this morning, one of my local Spanish language papers, El Diario- La Prensa had published a front page story saying that Chavez’s constitutional reforms had won.

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