[PAR35]

Chavez, and now Maduro, are not dictators. They get elected

I suppose you wouldn't call Adolf Hitler a dictator, either. He was elected.

[nascarnation]

Not too dis-similar from Caliph Baraq.
Entitlement Army to provide the votes.
Crony Capitalists to provide the $$

[Vince Ferrer]

I suppose you wouldn't call Adolf Hitler a dictator, either. He was elected.

Hitler was elected once, and then dismantled the democratic government.

The last Venezuelan election was in 2013, where Maduro defeated Henrique Capriles Radonski by a margin of 50.6% to 49.1%. Yes, there can probably be extensive voter fraud, but he is losing the purse to pay his supporters. There is only so much that fraud can cover.