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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez on Sunday urged some of his political allies who are resisting his plan to form a single socialist party to leave his movement and go their own way, saying he hopes the split will be amicable even if they defect to the opposition.
Chavez aims to create the United Socialist Party of Venezuela to replace some two dozen smaller pro-government parties in the country, but the idea has faced resistance from the Podemos, Fatherland for All and Venezuelan Communist parties.
Chavez, who has pledged a renewed push to transform Venezuela into a socialist state since he was re-elected in December, said he already considers the leaders of Podemos, including a handful of state governors and lawmakers, to be "almost in the opposition."
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