Chavez and the Jackal

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He HAS changed the laws to get more power

So did FDR in the 1930s. Actually, he circumvented them. Venezuela has been in crisis, like the US was in 1933, and needs a strong, decisive government to take quick action. You can't judge a government by what it does in the short term. If Venezuela ever gets stable and the goverment never becomes more moderate, then be concerned. But that stability could be decades away, even if handled expertly.

But you could never make the changes needed with an inefficient government like Japan's. Due to the concensus nature of their decision making, that nation's political structure is very democratic, but moves like a snail on Valium.