Chavez foes call voting district changes unfair

[naaman fletcher]

CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez's foes charged Wednesday that newly announced changes to voting districts in a third of Venezuela will put opposition candidates at a disadvantage in congressional elections.

Ismael Garcia, an anti-Chavez lawmaker, accused the National Electoral Council of gerrymandering in seven of Venezuela's 23 states and its two largest cities, Caracas and Maracaibo. He said the redrawn district lines would favor pro-Chavez candidates in September's vote


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/20/AR2010012004139.html
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This can't be. Chavez is so popular that he doesn't need to influence elections. Besides, guys who wear red berets don't do that, anyway.

[JVS]

1. Fuck them.