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Daily Press Briefing
Sean McCormack, Spokesman
Washington, DC
August 15, 2007

Daily Press Briefing Transcript (Venezuela)

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VENZUELA

Reports Chavez Will Do Away With Presidential Term Limits


TRANSCRIPT:

Excerpts from the Daily Press Briefing of August 15, 2007, pertaining to Western Hemisphere Affairs. full briefing

QUESTION: Yes. Hugo Chavez is announcing constitutional reforms for -- that would eliminate, from other things, eliminate term limits for the President of Venezuela. Is that something you would like to take on?

MR. MCCORMACK: At this point, Dave, I would say only that we have seen the press reports. And I think that they talk about his prospectively taking this action. Look, until -- unless and until he takes an action, I'm not going to have much to say about it other than to note that there has been a -- I think if you look at the trajectory of Hugo Chavez governing democratically in Venezuela, you'll see that's a downward trajectory. He's taken a number of different steps that have been well documented over the years that have really eroded some of the underpinnings of democracy in Venezuela. And that's certainly been something that many throughout the hemisphere have found very disappointing. But in terms of this particular action, I think we'll hold off until we see that he has taken some action.



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