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...unusually strong protest movement on the streets of Venezuela's major cities - led not by traditional opposition figures but by university students who'd grown fearful that Chavez was moving the country toward a Cuba-style dictatorship - his reforms were narrowly beaten back by a 51% to 49% margin. The result, and Chavez's graceful acceptance of it, may well have set not only Venezuela, a key U.S. oil supplier, but all of Latin America on a far surer path to democracy in the 21st century. "This was a photo finish," Chavez told his stunned backers after his defeat...
...while the margin of its victory might have been a lot narrower, few doubt that United Russia would easily have won even if the election had been free and fair. And it's not simply because of the party's policies - indeed, the centerpiece of the party's election platform, as much of its campaign media made clear, was Putin himself...
...results that would indicate how impoverished areas voted. But an abstention rate of 44% suggests some of Chavez's traditional support base didn't show up to vote. And, narrow as the vote count was, the rejection of his proposal only one year after he won reelection by a margin of over 20% raises the possibility that abstention was compounded by some supporters actually voting no. If, as interviews in Caracas this week suggest, more people in barrios disagree with Chavez's political agenda, that's worrisome for a man whose political raison d'etre is defined by alleviating poverty...
...knew where our wins were going to be,” coach Satinder Bajwa said. “There was no margin for error...
...just under four minutes into the frame to help the Crimson to its largest lead of the game.RPI finally got on the board at the 11:12 mark when Whitney Naslund snuck a goal past Harvard goalie Christina Kessler. Ryabkina fired next to help Harvard reclaim is four-goal margin, but the Engineers scored the game’s lone goal in the third period to reach the 5-2 final.Kessler earned her eighth win of the season with a 26-save effort. She currently leads the nation in save percentage at .956. —Staff writer Rebecca...