Chavez: “I am the second Fidel Castro of Latin America”

Chávez’s Venezuela prepares for confrontation with the US
Roland Watson and David Adams, Times (UK) Original Article

ASSASSINATION plots, anti-American tub-thumping, failed coups and mutual hostility have been the staple of US relations with Cuba for nearly five decades. But increasingly they apply more accurately to Venezuela, where Hugo Chávez, its president, is alarming Washington with a series of aggressive moves that threaten American security.