CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan lawmakers granted President Hugo Chavez broad powers Friday to enact laws by decree, undermining the clout of a new congress that takes office next month with a bigger opposition bloc....
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ, Associated Press
Fri, 12/17/2010 - 8:00pm
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan lawmakers granted President Hugo Chavez broad powers Friday to enact laws by decree, undermining the clout of a new congress that takes office next month with a bigger opposition bloc....