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A Watershed Moment in Venezuela

By Teodoro Petkoff
July 1, 2008

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In this paper, Teodoro Petkoff--editor of the Venezuelan daily TalCual, former minister of economic planning, and one of the region’s leading public intellectuals--dissects the causes and explores the political implications of the Venezuelan voters’ rejection of Hugo Chávez’s constitutional reform referendum in December of 2007. He also sets the stage for local and regional elections in November and previews Chávez’s agenda for the rest of his second term.