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title: ""When the late Venezuelan socialist leader Hugo Chavez first won  the…"
date: 2020-11-01
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# "When the late Venezuelan socialist leader Hugo Chavez first won  the…

*November 1, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/court-packing-venezuela-latin-america-reality](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/court-packing-venezuela-latin-america-reality){target="_blank"}
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\"When the late Venezuelan socialist leader Hugo Chavez first won the election in 1999, the country\'s Supreme Court was independent. But after it issued several rulings that went against him and his administration, Chavez packed the court by passing a law expanding its size from 20 to 32 justices in 2004. Chavez got to pick the 12 new judges \-- effectively stacking it in his favor.\
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Canova, who compiled research on 45,000 rulings issued by Venezuela\'s high court since 2004, says the court never sided against Chavez\'s government after it was packed.\
\"Since 2004, I found that Chavez and the government never lost a case. Not a single one,\" he said.\
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Canova says he hopes people in the United States can learn from what happened to Venezuela's institutions.\"\
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[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/court-packing-venezuela-latin-america-reality](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/court-packing-venezuela-latin-america-reality){target="_blank"}
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