He's attacked the church, taken over the schools, packed the legislature and court with his supporters, fired opponents in the oil sector, purged the military, installed Marxist thinkers into government offices and social organization ie. the arts, etc. He was not able to get his handpicked man voted in as head of the labor union though. With opposition for his removal so strong, Chavez will probably take the route of Mugabe in Zimbabwe (another student of Fidel Castro) and steal any future election.
How To Steal An Election: Chavez Preparing Massive Vote Fraud for Q3/2003
Two years ago