On Chavez:

While we all spend time fretting over the threat of a nuclear Iran, the world has continued to move. And, as though there were not enough threats in the world today - from Islamist terrorism (i.e. Islamic Fascists and their war for global conquest) to nuclear proliferation to despotic regimes, to the threats of European posturing despite the continent's relative impotence and lack of leadership ability in international affairs - we are now facing an increasing threat from Hugo Chavez.

As the following article details, Venezuela's presidential madman Hugo Chavez has begun the process of producing weapons for sale to conflicted areas around the world.

"Even Africa" is interested in Venezuela-made rifles, Chávez says

President Hugo Chávez warned that "as long as imperialism exists and threatens to annihilate entire peoples and impose their views, we have to open up our plant to manufacture rifles, buy (Russian-made) Sukhoi warplanes and other military equipment."

At the closing ceremony of the first meeting of Venezuelan and Russian businesspeople, in the Presidential Palace of Miraflores, Caracas, Chávez stressed that bilateral technical military cooperation is moving forward at a steady pace.

"We have received messages from Latin American, Caribbean and even African countries asking about the production capacity of our rifle manufacturing plant. My dear Russian friends, I am sure you will agree, this is a platform for integration in other fields."

Chávez once again insisted that his US counterpart George W. Bush "smells sulfur. Nobody should have doubts about it."

Chavez, as president of an oil-rich state, poses a threat due to his global ambitions, and the regional instability he threatens to cause in our own hemisphere. There are ways we can challenge Chavez and work to introduce a radical course correction for Venezuela. We should act sooner than later, before this gets out of hand.

Articles about Chavez and the threat he poses:

•Heritage on Hugo
A couple of references on the FARC (mentioned in the article linked above):
+Narco-Terrorists Destabilize Latin America - JINSA
+Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - FAS

•The Tehran-Caracas Axis

•Chavez's Legacy

And here are a couple of cartoons depicting Chavez, I think accurately:


Chavez a new Castro



Chavez's paranoia