Achmen nutjob and Chavez were here a day apart, with different styles and very different overall reactions to both of them, official, and otherwise.But the salient fact I take away from those delirious few days which taught us all so much is they are regional equivalents to one another, with the Iranian much the stronger, and more effective: they see a major role for themselves: Chavez playing the same role in power, dollars and influence in various Latin American venues that Achmenut plays with Hezbollah, while he spreads Venezuelan money (oil) around wherever he thinks it will buy him notoriety/ He will fail where and in ways the Man from Iran has already succeeded (through the agencies of Syria, Lebanon, and Hezbollah.)
Wait two and a half months and see where Chavez is around December 1 when the opposition candidate has galvanized the opposition. Just wait. Rosales isn't going to win, but he's going to hang the bell around Chavez's neck and he'll sneak up on no one after that. Hugo's days are numbered.