Venezuela Assembly Gives Chavez Decree Powers (reuters)

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez carries a girl during a visit to a section of the Miraflores presidential palace which is housing displaced families due to recent torrential rains, in Caracas December 17, 2010. Venezuela's parliament gave Chavez the power to rule by decree for 18 months on Friday, outraging opponents who accused him of turning South America's biggest oil producer into a dictatorship. Chavez invited 25 families made homeless by torrential rains to stay temporarily at the palace in Caracas last month. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSReuters – Venezuela’s parliament gave President Hugo Chavez the power to rule by decree for 18 months on Friday, outraging opponents who accuse him of turning South America’s biggest oil producer into a dictatorship.

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