[baltoga]

You bring up some good points, but I think Chavez will fall from power in a all-to-common South American tradition - namely a military coup.

Long food lines, inflation, crime and corruption are all testing the patience of the Venezuelan people.

[Red6]

When someone has a complete strangle hold in some centralized regime and they know what they are doing; like Saddam, Hitler, Qaddafi, Mao, or Stalin, they can hold out for a very long time.