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  Monday  August 23  2004    10: 09 AM

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Why Venezuela has Voted Again for Their 'Negro e Indio' President


The official CIA handbook on Venezuela says that half the nation's farmers own only 1% of the land. They are the lucky ones, as more peasants owned nothing. That is, until their man Chavez took office. Even under Chavez, land redistribution remains more a promise than an accomplishment. But today, the landless and homeless voted their hopes, knowing that their man may not, against the armed axis of local oligarchs and Dick Cheney, succeed for them. But they are convinced he will never forget them.

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  thanks to The Blogging of the President: 2004