Well, let's start with not being able to simmer in tyranny. Why not? Do you thing that the people of Venezuela have not been simmering in tyranny, that fear of Chavez has not prevented a full boil of revolt?
sim·mer ( P ) Pronunciation Key (smr) v. sim·mered, sim·mer·ing, sim·mers v. intr. To be cooked gently or remain just at or below the boiling point.
To be filled with pent-up emotion; seethe.
To be in a state of gentle ferment: thoughts simmering in the back of her mind.
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Not exactly. Chavez was removed and promptly returned to power.