No one who has paid attention was surprised by this.
Chavez was taking corruption to a new level.
Chavez was highjacking freedom.
I am puzzled as to why this so complicated for peopoe who claim to be well informed to understand.
The poverty in Vz. is a result of a very badly run, intrusive state, which Chavez was simply taking over to support his nascent dictatorship.
The Vzs wisely picked up on this and ended it.
Chavez was also funneling arms to the Colombian FARC, which both he and Fidel support.
This coup allows the possibility of a forced settlement on FARC in Colombia that will allow the continuation of a 150 year old democratic country, and allows the Vzs the chance to put back together a civil society, which Chavez was quickly hgighjacking.
Ed
Current Events » in reply to People who love cheap oil have been hoping for this for about 6 weeks
You have maybe not paid attention to what Chavez was doing over the last two years.