• Thousands Protest in Kenya, as Post-Election Violence Continues
• McCain Coasts to Victory in SC; Hillary and Obama Remain Close in Polls
• Pro-Chavez Groups Assemble to Build a Unified Front
• Georgian President Inaugurated Admits Calls for Run-Off Election

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suffered his first-ever electoral defeat last December, when his proposed Constitutional Reform lost at the polls.
Since then, Venezuelans have been deep in reflection. This weekend,
however, pro-Chavez social movements transformed this into action.
They held an unprecedented 2-day long grassroots assembly with the
goal of building a unified agenda. Mike Fox has more from Caracas.

Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in for a second five-year term on Sunday as
President of Georgia, the former Soviet Republic. He re-stated his
intention to increase and instate social welfare programs, but many
see this as only an attempt to quell the vocal opposition. As
Saakashvili gave his inaugural speech, opposition parties rallied in
another part of the capital, still demanding an election run-off. The
opposition claims the January 5th elections, in which Saakashvili
polled over 53 percent of the votes, were rigged. A European election
monitoring organization reported 23 percent of the vote counts at
polling station were "bad or very bad." And vote tampering

After John McCain's win in South Carolina and Mitt Romney's wide victory in
Nevada, Republican candidates are looking ahead to Florida. McCain's
win in South Carolina has suddenly propelled the Arizona Senator into
the position of frontrunner. The Florida primary on February 5 ^th
is likely to weed out the still-substantial pool of Republican
Candidates. As for the Democrats, the Nevada caucuses are over but
the high stakes politics have not subsided. Accusations of dirty
politics that began in Nevada are still permeating through the
campaigns. Even though Hillary Clinton won in Nevada, the quirks of
the election system there will likely gives Barack Obama more