Chavez's Defeat Leaves Opposition Seeking More Common Ground (Bloomberg)

The university students, business leaders and disaffected socialists who united to hand Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez his first electoral defeat in nine years will struggle to stay together.

Venezuelans trying to counter Chavez's efforts to create a socialist nation were able to shelve their differences long enough to beat back his constitutional referendum in the Dec. 2 vote. At the same time, sustaining that unity will require a search for common ground beyond their mutual dislike for the president's power grab.

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