It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything crazy out of Hugo Chavez.

Oh. he’s still been doing stuff but, his recent activity hasn’t been drawing press here; more localized. No visits from Hollywood star types or new CDs of folk songs, nothing like that.

He was laying low until earlier this week when he invited Russia [...]

We haven’t had a Hugo for a while. Chavez’ “New Socialism” referendum was rejected by voters last December but that hasn’t slowed his reform efforts. No, Chavez has simply been making his proposed measures law by decree.
Since December, by decree, Chavez has…

Established civilian militia groups modeled on the Cuban system.
Given himself the power to [...]

I am convinced, and I think that this conviction will be for the rest of my life, that the path to a new, better and possible world, is not capitalism, the path is socialism, that is the path: socialism, socialism”.
Hugo Chavez, February 2005-From a speech on his weekly TV show “Alo Presidente”
Socialism, Socialism, Socialism.
What is [...]