You're talking about adverse possession, I think. That's not the same thing. That is just a statute of limitations which says that if you possess land thinking it's yours, and someone shows up one day claiming it's his, you can keep it if you've had possession for a long enough time, because the statute of limitations for the opposing party's claim has passed.
Chavez is simply trying to take land from people who aren't using it. Different animal.
Amend you statement to .... "Chavez is simply trying to take land ."
... and you hav ethe jist of it.
LAND GRAB BY A BULLY, pure and simple.
It worked in Zimbabwe, why not here?