[livius]

I'm generally not in favor of coups, but this might be the only way to get rid of Chavez, who essentially staged an "elected coup." That is, after he was democratically elected, he did what Hitler (also democratically elected) did: he swept through and replaced the judiciary and the legislature with his own folks, and rewrote the Venezuelan Constitution.

I hope Chavez falls now, because if he doesn't, he's going to be trouble in a couple of years. He is clearly Castro's annointed heir, not for Cuba, but for the Lat Am left. He's obviously encouraging every guerrilla movement that crosses his path; FARC has been very emboldened by their contacts with him. (I assume all Freepers know that FARC kidnapped one of the Colombian presidential candidates a couple of days ago, and have added her to their kidnapped stock of five members of the Colombian Congress and a growing number of police and military personnel.)

I hope the people opposed to Chavez strike now, while popular opinion is against him and before he can completely crush the opposition.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I'm generally not in favor of coups, but this might be the only way to get rid of Chavez, who essentially staged an "elected coup." That is, after he was democratically elected, he did what Hitler (also democratically elected) did: he swept through and replaced the judiciary and the legislature with his own folks, and rewrote the Venezuelan Constitution.

Bump!