Chavez Loses Bid to Rule Until 2050

""After a night of political drama, election officials announced the opposition had won 51% and the government 49%, a result that slammed the brakes on Ch?vez's self-styled revolution." Holy cow! Venezuelans came within a hair's breadth of voting themselves a dictatorship! Can you believe that??? (You see, I can write that without feeling a trace of irony because I'm an American.)"