I’ll go out on a limb and predict Chavez is hanging from a lamppost in 5 years. The Venezuelan people are hard-working and are not going to put up with their hard-earned capital being eaten up by inflation.
Wishful thinking.
Look at Castro.
Venezuela, like Communist Russia has enough oil to prop itself up for the remainder of Chavez's life.
Venezuela is following the same script that all Socialist countries have followed. Chile went through the same thing under Allende, Russia, Germany...
The answer is more oppression. Stealing property from its rightful owners until there is nothing left to steal.
Then masses of Venezuelans will be running for the US border.