Chavez plans new move to stay in power

Caracas: President Hugo Chavez launched a new campaign on Monday to change Venezuela's constitution so he can stay in power for as long as he keeps winning elections, almost a year after voters rejected the proposal.

Chavez said he wanted to move quickly to revive the constitutional reforms which he hopes will allow him to rule Venezuela for decades.

"Today, we begin the battle for the constitutional amendment," Chavez told cheering supporters. "If we are going to do it, let's do it quickly. If we are going to do it, there's no tomorrow, no, no, it's now, now."

He said the amendment should be "ready" in February but did not say when it would be voted on.