Word: referendum
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...21st century socialism” who is eager for Russian economic and military support, just as he has been in the past with Iran and Cuba. Yet in the last year, the Venezuelan president has seen his political star begin to fade: After losing a crucial referendum that would have allowed him to remain in power indefinitely last December, Chavez has attempted to distract Venezuelans’ attention from the dire economic situation at home with a lot of show abroad...
...Missouri River, and it occurred to me that these issues of skin color and tribe have haunted these parts at least since Lewis and Clark paddled the liquid highway westward. But as I listened to voters, what became clear was that the Obama campaign is not the simple racial referendum some commentators have pictured. I heard several reasons why voters might be reluctant to support the guy, but race was rarely cited...
...proposed Southern Sudanese referendum, scheduled for January 2011, would determine if the region would become an independent state...
While Gressly agreed that the current situation in Sudan is unstable—noting the probable delays in the upcoming January 2009 elections—he said the 2011 referendum is a necessary benchmark that cannot be delayed...
Gressly said the referendum hinges on the historically denied right of self-determination in the oil-rich South, which has been at war for 40 of the last 50 years...