[freedumb2003]

Here is the only legacy to be left by chavez in a just world:

[driftless2]

What happens when you have a “democracy” where the majority of the voters are ignorant, greedy, lazy, and violent parasites. You get Hugo Chavez. Or Barack Obama. A huge reason why there should be IQ tests for voters.

[Don Corleone]

An Obama icon.

[Impy]

Kim Jong Il is early awaiting the arrival of his slated roommate. Oh the adventures they’ll have, it will be just like that Tom Hanks sitcom “Bosom Buddies, only with more torture.

[lentulusgracchus]

(Art.) Its Russian-financed weapons buildup has allowed Chávez to equip tens of thousands of pro-government paramilitary fighters with AK-47 assault rifles.

Erratum: The weapons involved are new-production Russian AK-103's, the latest version. There's also a deal to co-produce the same model rifle in Venezuela in the scores of thousands for the Militia, as well as ammunition and other weapons.

(Comment) Chavez's model appears to be the old Maoist Chinese model of a vast, indifferently-armed militia backing up a much-smaller professional army.

It's not a coincidence that Venezuela's political situation resembles in some respects China's during the Cultural Revolution and the zenith of Maoism.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

The violence has many causes, including endemic corruption and Venezuela's increasingly important role in the global cocaine trade. Governed by a regime that hassupported narco-terrorists belonging to the Colombian FARC and allowed senior officials to become veritable kingpins, the country is awash in drugs, gangs, and guns. Between 2007 and 2011, Venezuela was the 15th largest arms importer in the world, importing 555 percent more arms than it did over the previous five-year period, according to the Stockholm International Peace ResearchInstitute. Its Russian-financed weapons buildup has allowed Chávez to equip tens of thousands of pro-government paramilitary fighters with AK-47 assault rifles. These paramilitaries make up the so-called Bolivarian militia, which is tasked with defending the Chávez revolution and intimidating its opponents.

Thanks, War On Drugs, for creating the profit margins that financed the defense of "the Chávez revolution"!