Chavez needs is looking for a pretext to declare a "socialist" dictatorship. "The Americans are going to invade us" didn't work. He tries other bogeymen.
He already has "marxist" and "fascist" covered; he's going for "nazi" too, just to cover all his bases. When he starts praying to Mecca, we'll have to award him some kind of prize for "most obnoxious head of state ever", wannabe division.
Actually, it occurs to me that he's just proving his "bona fides" to Iran. Don't ask me why.