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Venezuela president seeks power to rule by decree Associated Press ^ | Oct 8, 2013 6:10 PM EDT Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Congress to give him special decree-making powers that he says he needs to fight corruption and economic sabotage. The opposition says Maduro is simply following the playbook of his late mentor, Hugo Chávez, and U.S. Preisdent El Brocko. …