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Presidential announcements on January 28th

January 28th
264th edition of President Hugo Chávez' weekly broadcast ¡Aló Presidente!

* President Hugo Chávez asked the Chair of the National Assembly Cilia Flores (ruling party MVR) to search the Constitution and find any mechanisms allowing for temporary or permanent removal of popularly-elected mayors or governors who fail to meet their duties.

* Chávez said that planned reforms to the Venezuelan Constitution should address the inclusion of the Community Power among the branches of his intended socialist state.

* The Venezuelan ruler said current railway and subway fares are likely to drop, in an attempt at encouraging use of public transportation.

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04:17 PM. Western Hemisphere. "Damned empire; I curse you one thousand times; some day you will be finished off and wrecked. I curse you one thousand times, empire." This is the least that President Hugo Chávez has uttered to refer to the US government. In urging the Bolivarian Armed Forces to prepare for war, he said that a US raid on Venezuela through Colombia would trigger and spread over the region "the 100-year war."