The hemisphere's newest clown, although he's neglected to choose a colorful outfit: while his nose lengthens every time he opens his mouth, he'd still be better with a fake one. --I'm not sure yet if he's a serious threat or just the newest demagogic windbag, a type of political mutant that our world seems to produce in abundance. Will he survive? For a while, since he plays his populace well. His recent alliance with Ahmadinejad says more about external perception of the U.S. than about anything connecting Venezuela and Iran, two of the most unlike nations on the planet. He wants to be Castro, but he's got neither the peculiar genius of that man nor the bloody history. Yet he's a youngster: we'll see.
