Looks like democracy isn't the answer to every problem.
Chavez's opponents have demanded an EARLY referendum in February which he has refused. Constitutionally, there WILL be a referendum only 6 months later, in August 2003. That is the very definition of self-determination and constitutional govt: allowing the people to vote, and following the constitution.
So if this is just an internal Venezualan thing, why drag the U.S. into it? We have no troops in Venezuala.
Every time some third rate socialist gets his butt into hot water, idiots all over the world start screaming that it is all the CIA's fault.
What a hoot. The CIA couldn't even keep a score of misogynist camel jockeys (who could only have made their intentions and presence more obvious by buying ad space in the New York Times) from killing thousands of people and destroying our most notable landmarks and damaging the Pentagon itself. And I am supposed to believe this same CIA is about to topple a popular (he won the vote and you keep assuring me he is what the people want) latin American president against a majority of Venezualans' wishes?
Are you guys trying to be funny, or does it just come naturally?