He proclaims his revolution is a "Bolivarian" one. Simon Bolivar's goal was to unite all of South America.
Our unipolar world order is displaying more of the characteristics of Roman supremacy - the substitution of 'adventurers' for traditional state rivals being one of them.
I urge everyone to look at the parallels between the U.S. position today and that of the Late Roman Republic after 90 B.C. The wars of Sulla and Pompey against the terrorizing Mithridates was a direct influence on the decay of the Republic and the shift to Imperium.
Here's a start. ;^)
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/rome/a/Mithridates.htm
If he makes it that far, I'll be amazed. Even Bolivar himself couldn't pull it off, and Chavez is no Bolivar. I think he'll be busy enough digging in as the Castro of Venezuela.