Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Saint or Dictator?
Published December 1, 2006
A new president was sworn into office today in Mexico, after much uncertainty after a disputed election. On Sunday, President Hugo Chavez is running for re-election in Venezuela. Reviled in the United States, but in his own country Chavez arouses passion in supporters as well as opponents. What are the chances of the man who called President Bush "the devil" in a speech to the United Nation?
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Hugo Chávez's sweeping election win may be read as a simple mandate for the demagogic Venezuelan leader to push on with his plans to transform his country with what he calls "21st-century socialism
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Guy Taylor is a freelance journalist and writer based in
Washington, D.C. He is the contributing international news editor for World Politics Watch and was recently the recipient of an...