Friday, January 19, 2007

Stregthening the revolution...

or consolidating power? The Venezuelan Assembly has once more given Hugo Chavez the right to bypass it and issue decrees which become law. Among his plans are more nationalization and an elimination of presidential term limits.

I suspect that Chavez, like Castro, will go down in history as a dictator.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I suspect you're right. The question is, will he become a benevolent dictator, or a madman? Either way, I doubt Western governments will be too enamored of the idea.