Mr. Chavez's Coup/Reforma convierte a Chávez en autócrata

In fact, Mr. Chavez's rewrite would complete his transformation into an autocrat. It would lengthen his presidential term from six to seven years and remove the current limit of two terms, allowing him to serve indefinitely. He would have broad powers to seize property, to dispose of Venezuela's foreign exchange reserves, to impose central government rule on local jurisdictions and to declare indefinite states of emergency under which due process and freedom of information would be suspended. As a populist sop, one provision would reduce the workday from eight to six hours; that benefit, the state's control over national television and the voting process, and the apparent intention of many Venezuelans to stay away from the polls are expected to deliver the necessary ratificatio( full information)/El diario The Washington Post dijo el jueves que el presidente Hugo Chávez con su reforma constitucional está dando "un golpe" a Venezuela debido a que así el país "terminará de transformarse en una dictadura" ...Agregó que Chávez propone en la reforma establecer la reelección indefinida del presidente, asumir más poderes para confiscar bienes privados, disponer de las reservas extranjeras del país, controlar a los gobiernos locales y declarar estados de emergencia indefinidos en los cuales el proceso debido y la libertad de información quedarán suspendidos.( información completa)