Was just coming here to post this very article, you beat me to it, Alek. For all those who do not know, this site, VCrisis is a must read for essential news on Venezuela. It's the most complete article site there is. This article here is extraordinary research and deserves to be read by anyone out there with a serious interest in understand what Hugo Chavez is doing TO US here in the U.S. He's up to no good, suffice to say.
I agree with you, the website is excellent.
Its hard to look at events in Ukraine without thinking, a little bit further, a little bit harder, and Chavez could be room mates with Yanukovich at that little dacha in Belarus.
Yanukovich missed a good bet by not making that big donation to the Carter Center.