(March 5, 2013 at 10:01 pm)Minimalist Wrote: He was president in what? 2002? In case you haven't noticed we have been somewhat distracted since 2001.
What is 10 years in the history of a nation? We'll get back to it. We've treated Latin America as our personal latrine since the Monroe Doctrine.
That era is over, it is no longer possible to mess arround in the affairs of a democratic nation without causing a worldwide outcry and sanctions.
and in case you cant remember, the attempted coup against chavez with US support happened in 2002:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Venezu...at_attempt
I guess it`s failure meant the end of south america being the latrin of the US