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Excerpts of editorials from newspapers around the world:
Helsingin Sanomat
On the Venezuelan referendum
HELSINKI -- The result of the Venezuelan referendum was expected to be a close call but proved to be otherwise. After a heated campaign, the party that lost naturally finds it difficult to admit defeat but it would be futile for the opponents of President Hugo Chavez to cling to claims of massive abuses. International monitors observed no such violations, and the president's 58 percent vote tally was too large not to have been noticed if it had been achieved by cheating.
Chavez's popularity is absolutely genuine. ... The president's position now is firmly secure, but the sharp division into hostile camps in Venezuelan politics has not been alleviated. Venezuela is an important crude oil producer, and the markets reacted to the clarification of its internal politics with a slight fall in prices.
In foreign policy, however, tensions could begin to increase. Chavez has for some time viewed the United States with suspicion bordering on enmity. The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush has retaliated with equal measure and sharply criticized the president's policies.
Singapore Straits Times
The redeployment of U.S. forces
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