Yes indeed, the Venezuelan recall election disaster is another in a long list of foreign policy disasters produced by the arrogant and self-righteous Jimmy Carter. At the exact point in time when Venezuela needed people in the U.S. to stand up and declare that this election was rigged, the Carter Center had the audacity and stupidity to endorse these election results. One can only hope that when Chavez's current term ends, some kind of reasonably fair election can occur to choose his successor. At this point, I'd say the odds of that happening are less than 50% because of the idiocy and irresponsbility of the Carter Center.
The Vens have had their last free election. Chavez is it, period.