Sunday, December 9, 2012

Setbacks for two wanna-be dictators

Hugo Chávez, President since 1999.
Hugo Chávez, President since 1999. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez announces a return of cancer.  He'll be undergoing surgery soon.  Meanwhile, he was just reelected in October.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/08/hugo-chavez-cancer_n_2265023.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmaing6%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk1%26pLid%3D243134

Egypt's Mohamed Morsi has cancelled the decree that he intended to give himself sweeping powers.  However, a referendum on the new constitution, which his opponents wanted delayed, will go ahead on December 15th.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/08/morsi-referendum-constitution_n_2264712.html






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