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Originally Posted by monsterhunter
Interesting thought came to me while reading this thread. I was sitting here thinking how lunatics, such as Chavez, can come to lead a nation. There's definitely been no shortage of them. Then I recalled we are danger close to Hillary or Obama coming into power.  |
While still an Army officer, Chavez was a key member in an attempted coup in the early 1990s.
He was only detained briefly, and suffered no ill-effects.
I would have supposed that someone who had previously attempted to overthrow the legitimately elected leadership of his nation might be denied the opportunity to later participate in the democratic process, but it would appear that is not an issue in Venezuela.
His close engagement with the felonious leadership of the FARC and ELN have shown his true colors yet again.
Another corrupt leader who diverts attention away from serious internal problems by tilting at windmills and issuing empty rhetoric. 
TR
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