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Chavez Going Down Tomorrow in Venezuela?
by Dave Dilegge
After 14 years in power, Hugo Chavez confronts a tough challenger in Venezuela election by Juan Forero, Washington Post.
Weakened from battling cancer and visibly bloated, President Hugo Chavez is fighting for his political life in Sunday’s presidential election, as he faces a charismatic challenger who has energized a once-disunited opposition in a way none of the populist leader’s foes ever has.
At stake is the president’s experiment to remake Venezuela, a 14-year transformation characterized by the expropriation of private companies, diplomatic initiatives to counter U.S. influence and a near-mystical bond with the country’s poor masses...
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Dave Dilegge is a retired USMCR Intelligence and Counterintelligence / HUMINT officer. He is also a former USMC civilian intelligence analyst and worked several years in the private sector. He served with the 1st Marine Division during Operation Desert Storm. In 1999 he was the recipient of the National Military Intelligence Association’s Colonel Donald G. Cook Award for his work in supporting USMC and DoD urban operations analysis, wargaming and experimentation. He is currently a Director at the Small Wars Foundation and is Editor-in-Chief of Small Wars Journal. He is also a volunteer tutor at the Largo (FL) Public Library where he teaches English as a second language. His son David is an Infantry Sergeant currently serving in the Army's 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized).
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Chávez Wins New Term in Venezuela, Holding Off Surge by Opposition
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/world/americas/venezuela-presidential-...
No surprises here, U.S. media and the U.S. government generally try to read foreign audiences through a U.S. lens and almost always get it wrong. We focus on his anti-U.S. rhetoric, while the people focus on his rhetoric about helping the poor and limiting U.S. influence. I'm surprised the election was this close.