Red Ken Awaits Chavez

Speaking of Chavez, he's making a little side trip to London to hang out with aged communist Mayor Ken Livingston. George Galloway should have dinner with him.

Anyway, what's Chavez been up to? Alot of meddling it appears:

Once an island of stability in a region ravaged by coups d’état and dictatorships, Venezuela under President Chávez has become the source of instability in Latin America. The Chávez administation has, for instance, a cosy relationship with the FARC, the Colombian narcoterrorist group. When Rodrigo Granda, its leader, was captured in 2004 by bounty hunters on the streets of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, Señor Chávez’s irrational reaction was telling. He suspended relations with Colombia, Venezuela’s second-largest trading partner, claiming that the Colombians had violated national sovereignty. Granda not only had been living in Venezuela and been given citizenship, but his wife and stepdaughter were allowed into the country in 2002 thanks to orders from the Minister of Interior and Justice.

Senor Chávez, commanding billions from PDVSA, the state-owned oil company, interferes in the domestic politics of neighbouring countries, supporting all sorts of radical movements across Latin America. He put his weight behind Evo Morales, Bolivia’s recently elected populist and anti-business President. He is doing the same in Nicaragua, supporting Daniel Ortega, the former Sandinista President; and in Peru he is publicly backing Ollanta Humala, a populist former army officer. The Peruvian Government has loudly complained to the Organisation of American States (OAS) about Señor Chávez’s interference.

Did any one one know Ortega was still alive?

Chavez supports narco terrorists, one of Africa's most reprehensible dictators and a communist wave sweeping across central and South America.

As I've said before; South America is reliving the 80's. Look for the reemergence of Shining Path in Peru thanks to Chavez influence.