I'm not. If this man is a CINO -- communist in name only -- then nothing will change, except Venezuala will become a terrorist harbor for Middle Eastern terrorists.
If, however, he is a geniune communist, then Venezuala will go the way of Russia, and collapse. Since it has a much weaker economic base from which to work, it will collapse completely in about 20 years.
Either way, Middle Eastern terrorists will now operate out of Venezuala.
chavez is no CINO, he's the real thing.
He and his amigos can do a lot of damage in 20 years.
Remember, unlike cuba he has oil, lots of it