Originally Posted by Rich

He already attempted a coup against Hugo Chavez in 2002, it was unsuccessful. Check out the movie "the Revolution will not be televised".

He's massively popular down there, after the coup the people rose up and demanded him back. The imperialists can't stand him because he's a socialist, and as we know, electing a socialist or anyone who doesn't control his population and do the bidding of the World Bank is not acceptable in western "democracies". The oil money is supposed to go into the hands of a few elites and towards paying interest to the WB, it's not supposed to go towards things like heath care and education for poor people.

America is either going to get into a war with Venezuela during this presidential term, or they're going to continue attempting coups/assassinations until Chavez is dead.