(December 6, 2007) Did Venezuelans vote NO because Hugo Chavez embarrassed them? He seems to pick arguments wherever he goes these days, and the anger and ridicule he's generated may have played a role in voters' rejection of constitutional changes that would have increased his power.

Chavez accepted defeat fairly graciously, and some Latin leaders thanked him for it. But news reports from across the region chastised him and his growing enemies list, which includes not only the U.S., but U.S. allies like Colombia and even Socialist-run countries like Spain. This episode of Global Pulse reviews this mostly negative news coverage, and the spats that generated it.

SOURCES: RCN, Colombia; Once Noticias and Adela News, Mexico; Tele13, Chile; Al Jazeera Englsih, Qatar; TV5, France.

(December 6, 2007) Did Venezuelans vote NO because Hugo Chavez embarrassed them? He seems to pick arguments wherever he goes these days, and the anger and ridicule he's generated may have played a role in voters' rejection of constitutional changes that would have increased his power.

Chavez accepted defeat fairly graciously, and some Latin leaders thanked him for it. But news reports from across the region chastised him and his growing enemies list, which includes not only the U.S., but U.S. allies like Colombia and even Socialist-run countries like Spain. This episode of Global Pulse reviews this mostly negative news coverage, and the spats that generated it.

SOURCES: RCN, Colombia; Once Noticias and Adela News, Mexico; Tele13, Chile; Al Jazeera Englsih, Qatar; TV5, France.