Exactly. He follows orders nicely.
From the 2nd LINK in Post#2: The programs have the feel of old-style patronage. With them, Mr. Chávez has managed to erase doubt among followers by taking up the populist script in a way that has not been seen in Latin America in recent years, spending hours with crowds of followers. In Caricuao, a poor neighborhood of Soviet-style apartment blocks in southwest Caracas, his aides led a hunched group of elderly women from the crowd and provided them seating under a white tent, just feet from the president, who was there to inaugurate the first of what will be 100 markets across the city. Afterward, they expressed everlasting loyalty. 
A construction worker puts the final touches to a sidewalk by new homes in the El Winche neighborhood in the outskirts of Caracas, late May 7, 2003. Residents of the new homes, financed partly by the government of President Hugo Chavez, are more than willing to give to Chavez the benefit of the doubt. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/FEATURE/VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ-SUPPORT