God help Russia and Venezuela

December 2nd will be a day of voting in Russia and Venezuela. Interestingly, these elections have a similar theme: a President attempting to keep or stay in power.

In Venezuela, Hugo Chavez is proposing to eliminate the number of terms a president may serve. He’s also proposing some other pretty intense ideas.

Other changes up for approval include giving the president control over the central bank, and the creation of new provinces governed by centrally appointed officials.

Mr Chavez is also proposing to bypass legal controls on the executive during a state of emergency, bring in a maximum six-hour working day and cut the voting age from 18 to 16.

Over 150,000 students protested the upcoming vote in hopes to postpone it so that voters can research the issues more thoroughly.

Read more about it here.