Venezuela's Chavez Declares A National Holiday

Venezuela's Chavez Celebrates 10 Years In Office -- Yahoo News/AP

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez marked 10 years in office on Monday, declaring a national holiday to celebrate just hours before the anniversary in a sign of how personalized his grip on Venezuela has become.

Chavez, a former paratrooper who once sought power in a coup that failed, celebrated the milestone in the middle of a closely fought campaign for a February 15 referendum on allowing him to run for re-election.

The self-styled socialist revolutionary, who has said he wants to govern for decades, will also host a summit of Latin America leftists to burnish his credentials as a regional leader before the vote.

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