Since then, Chavez and his cronies have been busy converting Venezuela's nascent democracy into a dictatorship. While paying lip service to democratic values, they have gradually been stripping Venezuelans of their basic rights and freedoms. The protests of other governments and of human rights organizations, meanwhile, have fallen on deaf ears.
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Sounds like most Latin American countries.
Chavez should stay away from Cuba if he wants to stay President.
Hmmmmm, lets see,
#1 Tries to take power in a putsch.
#2.Takes power democratically.
#3.Converts office to dictatorship.
Yep, sounds familiar.