[StJacques]

"This fat mental case's moment in the sun is quickly coming to an end. His military will probably overthrow him some time in the near future."

There is a national election campaign underway in Venezuela right now and by all accounts the opposition candidate Manuel Rosales has been picking up steam, though Chavez leads in one recent poll quoted on Univsion by about 55% to 34%. That might sound disheartening, but it has been just over a month since several opposition parties came together to back Rosales, who then had only 19% support. That's a dramatic increase in his support with over two months of campaigning ahead. I still predict Chavez will win, but I am beginning to believe that the evidence of an unfair electoral campaign will become so evident before the rest of the world that Chavez's credibility will be significantly undermined.

If you're waiting to see what the Venezuelan military might do, keep an eye on those elections.

[aft_lizard]

Sounds like America just needs to do a wait and see down there nd things will begin to work themselves out "naturally".