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“If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.”

 
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Loss Not All Bad for Venezuela's Chavez

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — In gracefully accepting his first electoral defeat, Hugo Chavez is casting himself as a true democrat and deflecting charges of despotism from Washington and critics at home.

But the Venezuelan president is not pulling back from his socialist agenda, and his opponents — for now — have neither the cohesion nor the clout to stop him.

Chavez narrowly lost a constitutional referendum Sunday that would have enabled him to remain in power for life and drive changes throughout Venezuelan society.

Some leaders might react to such a setback by toning down their rhetoric and adopting a more moderate approach to woo their citizens. Not Chavez.

"I want you all to know I'm not withdrawing a single comma of this proposal," a sober and introspective Chavez said early Monday as he conceded defeat. "I will continue making this proposal to the Venezuelan people. The proposal is still alive."

Even without the constitutional overhaul he had hoped for, Chavez already has far-reaching authority to single-handedly reshape the government, the economy and society.

He wields special powers granted by the National Assembly this year to enact laws by decree in areas from the economy to the justice system.

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“If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.”