Power-hungry Chavez/ Chávez, hambre de poder

One day, say critics of Hugo Chavez, he will go too far. But so far, the Venezuelan president has gotten away with everything by buying off everyone with petrodollars. There were no consequences for his friendship with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and since Saddam's execution, Mr. Chavez has embraced anti-Semitic Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the despot of North Korea, Kim Jong Il. He praises his mentor, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and regularly insults President Bush, calling him "the devil," as well as the United States, which he refers to as a dying empire. He calls capitalism "savagery" and constantly compares himself to Jesus Christ, occasionally to Mao and sometimes to Che Guevara ( full information)/ Un día, opinan los críticos de Hugo Chávez, él irá demasiado lejos. Pero hasta ahora, el presidente venezolano ha conseguido todo comprando con los petrodólares. No ha habido consecuencias para su amistad con dictador iraquí Saddam Hussein, y desde la ejecución de Saddam, Sr. Chavez ha abrazado a presidente iraní anti-Semitic Mahmoud Ahmadinejad y el despota de Corea del norte, Kim Jong Il. Él elogia a su mentor, el dictador cubano Fidel Castro, e insulta regularmente a presidente Bush, llamándolo "el diablo," así como los Estados Unidos, a que él refiere como imperio decadente. Él llama el capitalismo "salvajismo" y se compara constantemente a Jesús Cristo, de vez en cuando a Mao y a veces a Che Guevara