Your views of Chavez seems pretty dramatic. Especially in the political arena, there are three side to every story. Try to watch the show I mentioned, if you can find it. It's a powerful documentry which Chavez opposition tried to oppress from the world. Watch it and you will see that the Coup was real. Like I said everything out of Venezula is pretty much one sided propaganda. Take everything with a grain of salt. The facts are that Chavez is democratically elected and the country is in political turmoil just short of a civil war.