Well, rabbitnexus, you would best be gone because you are wrong on all counts, starting with term limits.  The constitutional amendment passed in February and you can count on it that Hugo will not be stepping down voluntarily.

He also sent tanks to the Colombian border 18 months ago, and threatened war with Colombia again last week.  Plus he paid to have ballots printed up and sent to Honduras a couple of months ago to try to get a constitutional change there too, so Zelaya could run indefinitely.  THAT is why Zelaya was deposed, for attempting to force an unconstitutional (Chavez financed) referendum against the will of the legislative and judicial branches.  They are who sent the military to arrest Zelaya and escort him out of the country.  Zelaya's vice president is the interim president until the regular scheduled elections in November.  But I digress.

Yes, Chavez' goons torture.  He also supports the Colombian FARC terrorists/drug cartel and most of their coke goes through Venezuela.  Those who follow the news might have seen that Swedish anti-tank guns sold to Venezuela mysteriously ended up in FARC hands a few weeks back.  Wonder how that happened?

The oil money is running low, though, so the freebies from Hugo are getting few and far between.  We'll find out pretty soon if he has any real friends.  I sorta doubt it; he's not a very lovable guy.

Other readers may note that this long-gone poster didn't address any of the points I brought up about the events of this past week, which are all quite true and can be found in any South American newspaper and many S Am web sites, as well as some N Am and Euro sites and papers. 

You probably won't find much mention of the gassing and shooting of peaceful marchers, or the hero medal for the commander, or the imprisonment of the fellow who took out the march permit, at Venezuelanalysis, them being a bought and paid for propaganda arm.

I left a good link above for those interested in news instead of frothing at the mouth rants.

I happen to live in Venezuela, BTW, and have for years.  My politics would best be described as anarchist.  I don't like government thieves and bullies no matter what ideology they are trying to force on me or hide behind.