The more things change...

Chavez vows to put
''revolution'' back on track
Caracas - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez promised on Saturday to tackle poor garbage collection and high crime in a bid to win back support for his socialist ''revolution,'' which was hurt in a poll defeat a few weeks ago. Seemingly taking on board common criticism of his performance, Chavez said it was unacceptable that garbage was piling up uncollected in some parts of capital city Caracas, and acknowledged people were worried about crime.
http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/news/international/Chavez_vows_to_put_revolution_back_on_track.html?siteSect=143&sid=8578578&cKey=1198981351000&ty=ti

Hollywood's new favorite dictator
Hugo Chavez, the oil-powered Castro wannabe of Venezuela, has picked up a few fans in Hollywood, despite the Venezuelan public's rejection of his plan to be dictator-for-life by a large enough margin that he couldn't steal the election, and despite (or in some cases because of) his cozying up to the regime of the mad mullahs. His willingness to finance movies with the Venezuelan treasury might just have something to do with it.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/12/hollywoods_new_favorite_dictat.html