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Chávez Declared Winner of Referendum

HeadlineAug 17, 2004

In Venezuela, international election observers have confirmed that President Hugo Chávez fairly won the national referendum on Sunday despite accusations from the opposition that the elections results were a “gigantic fraud.” Cesar Gavira, the head of the Organization of American States said election monitors had not found “any element of fraud.”

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