Venezuelans protest plan to scrap term limits

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans march against a referendum that proposes an amendment to the constitution that would allow President Hugo Chavez to run for election indefinitely. As it stands, Chavez will have to step down at the end of 2012. (Charlie Devereux/GlobalPost)

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On Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, thousands of Venezuelans turned out to protest an amendment to the constitution — set for a Feb. 15 referendum — that would abolish all political term limits. It would allow Venezuela’s controversial socialist president, Hugo Chavez, to run for office again after his second term concludes in 2012. 

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/venezuela/090208/venezuelans-protest-plan-scrap-term-limits