Dont believe all the right-wing neo-liberal propaganda he is truely a man fighting for the best interest of Venezuela. Now I believe some of his rheotoric is over the top and I fear a cult of personality that may surround him in the future, but him, Ortega and the other new left/center-left leaders of Latin America offer a truly great hope for their nation.

Neo-Liberalism has failed them, the wealth of the Venezuelan oil supplies should be spent on social infrastructure not on funding the rise of a domestic elite and western oil tycoons. Chavez has been spending it on social welfare, infrastructure and fighting poverty.

What's wrong with that?

How many wars has Chavez taken Venezuela down? How many people has he thrown in G. Bay? None and None.

Its high time for the AMERICAN left to start supporting the left in other nations in their struggle against our common enemy... neo-liberalism and the "greed is good" idea