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What will now be next? 
**Chavez Loses Constitutional Vote
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Humbled by his first electoral defeat ever, President Hugo Chavez said Monday he may have been too ambitious in asking voters to let him stand indefinitely for re-election and endorse a huge leap to a socialist state.
āI understand and accept that the proposal I made was quite profound and intense,ā he said after voters narrowly rejected the sweeping constitutional reforms by 51 percent to 49 percent.
Even though he is saying one thing, I expect there will be reprisals including against the Catholic Church in Venezuela
and the US. I also expect more Marxist type actions.Foes of the reform effort - including Roman Catholic leaders, media freedom groups, human rights groups and prominent business leaders - said it would have granted Chavez unchecked power and imperiled basic rights.