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http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=682&id=960002004

Carter vow on Chavez election

MARGARET NEIGHBOUR

JIMMY Carter, a former president of the United States, and other international election monitors have pledged to dispel opposition claims that the Venezuelan referendum that sought to oust the president, Hugo Chavez, was rigged.

Yesterday, they were due to be witnesses as election officials checked a random sampling of results from 150 voting stations - a rare follow-up move to an election they have already said looked clean.

"We have no reason to doubt the integrity the accuracy of the referendum results," Mr Carter told a news conference on Tuesday, while the leaders of ten Latin American countries congratulated Mr Chavez on his "democratic victory".