[Own Drummer]

Another Marxist/socialist leader goes down the Toilet if History. Has The New York Times mentioned this at all?

[livius]

Actually, the bizarre thing is that much of the mainstream press seems to be reporting this as if Chavez had just - uh - decided to resign.

Maybe they weren't watching - which is quite possible, since Latin America, no matter the fact that it is essential to US security, is of little interest to the press, except when they turn their attention to things like Lori Berenson.

Or maybe they'd simply rather not admit that Chavez got his butt kicked and the "Bolivarian revolution" was seen by most Venezuelans as what it was, the crazed ravings of a megalomaniac.