Interesting article. I have no doubt that Chavez's goal is to rule Venezuela like a dictator, but so far he's playing completely by western rules. Many countries don't have term limits on presidential positions, and we as Canadians would be hypocritical to say it's okay with us to re-elect a leader five times while Venezuelans do not have that right. So far all of his election victories have been ruled transparent and legal by independent international observers, although he's certainly been helped by incompetence on the part of the opposition parties. But he continues to change the constitution through public referendums and continues to have legal elections. At some point, his power base will dry up and he'll either suspend elections or rig them or ignore the results, and at that point he'll become a dictator. Is it acceptable to assassinate someone on the grounds that they're arrogant and annoying and they probably plan to become a dictator at some point?
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