Venezuela's Chavez Celebrates 10 Years In Office -- Yahoo News/APCARACAS (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez marked 10 years in office on Monday, declaring a national holiday to celebrate just hours before the anniversary in a sign of how personalized his grip on Venezuela has become.
Chavez, a former paratrooper who once sought power in a coup that failed, celebrated the milestone in the middle of a closely fought campaign for a February 15 referendum on allowing him to run for re-election.
The self-styled socialist revolutionary, who has said he wants to govern for decades, will also host a summit of Latin America leftists to burnish his credentials as a regional leader before the vote.
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