What term did Hugo Chavez use after losing a constitutional amendment?
Huge Chavez used an obscure term, when referring to his opponents beating him in a national referendum, that means "you think you want it but it turns out to be a bad thing" after losing an bid for an amendment for a constitutional amendment, and I can't remember what it was he said. I know this is super vague, but if you were paying attention to Venezuelan politics sometime between 2010-2012, you would have read that he quoted that the opposition won a [something] victory, or something. This is driving me nuts. Please help me remember what he said!
I don't know anything about Chavez or Venezuelan politics, but could you be thinking of a Pyrrhic Victory?
The phrase means a victory that comes at such great cost that it was not really worth being victorious. The phrase is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties defeating the Romans at the Battle of Heraclea in 280 BC and the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC, during the Pyrrhic War.