[Howie66]

Any picture of this little man should include cross hairs right between his "running lights".

[Prime Choice]

The increasing assertion of national control over natural resources is also an important part of the new relationship between Latin America and the United States. The author argues that ... opens the way to new and mostly more successful economic policies.

Ummm..."nationalization" and "successful economic policies" are mutually exclusive phenomenon.

See [the former] Soviet Union.

[redbaiter]

I'm not sure the decline of IMF influence will turn out to be a bad thing for the US, as I'm suspicious of all international cartels. But, price controls? Who, exactly, thinks those are going to be anything but disastrous? And Hugo Chavez's sharing the wealth with the poor - yeah, while the bridges collapse and the refineries all explode, sure. It will be interesting indeed to see what happens in 2-3 years when oil prices fall.