PRESIDENT Hugo Chavez’s allies won a strong majority in Venezuela’s congress, but lost the two-thirds majority needed to carry out major changes on their own, according to election results released yesterday.

President Hugo Chavez’s allies have won a majority in congressional elections, Venezuela’s electoral chief said today.

THERE is no “safe” dose of cocaine and anyone taking even small amounts of the drug is dicing with death.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez today suffered a stinging defeat in a vote on constitutional changes that would have let him run for re-election indefinitely.