I GREW UP IN VENEZUELA AND, ALTHOUGH I NOW LIVE IN Washington, D.C., returned to Caracas for the referendum to recall President Hugo Chavez. Last Monday--the day after the poll--I went to Plaza Altamira, a square in Caracas, where a small crowd of people were protesting against the results of the referendum, claiming it was rigged in favor of Chavez. It was a peaceful and rather small assembly. The mood was subdued and depressed. The overwhelming majority of the protesters were women, many of them quite poor.
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