Word: palanca
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...seems doubtful that Chávez, whose second and final six-year term ends in 2012, emerged with sufficient palanca, or leverage, to again seek a constitutional amendment that would allow him to be re-elected indefinitely, without risking a dangerous national uproar. Critics see his effort to nix term limits as a veiled bid for a Castro-style dictatorship - and even supporters suggest that with oil prices plummeting, battering an economy already hit hard by inflation, Chávez should set other priorities. What's more, now that the U.S. is about to replace Chávez's archenemy...
...socialist agenda and eliminated presidential term limits. Now, he appears determined to prevent his once feckless opposition from dealing him another setback in state and local elections scheduled for November. Those races will set the tone for later parliamentary balloting, which could in turn decide whether Chavez has the palanca, or leverage, to set aside presidential term limits. (Under the current rules, he's scheduled to leave office in 2013.) So Chavez has plenty of incentive to adjust his political thermostat and refrain from antagonizing his electorate...
...entonces, para facilitar su propia victoria en La Florida en las elecciones del 2000, le dio empuje como candidato al senado brind?ndole, entre otras cosas, un discurso en el pleno de la Convenci?n Nacional Republicana. A veces Mart?nez tiene desacuerdos con la Casa Blanca, pero todav?a tiene m?s palanca dentro de la Oficina Oval que cualquier otro pol?tico hispano en la historia...
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