[RedWhiteBlue]

Wow. Not only is this bad for Chavez, it sends Lula a message, too.

[Antoninus]

Wow. Not only is this bad for Chavez, it sends Lula a message, too.

I'm pretty sure Lula already got the message in advance. He took the middle road. He suggested a solution to appeal to his leftist Chavez-loving supporters, but now can sit back and do nothing, claiming his hands are tied by the Brazilian oil workers union.

Chavez is a low-brow lunatic. I'm fairly certain Lula--who strikes me as more of a marxist technocrat--wants little to do with him.