“I think that you'll get your way soon enough. Then, Venezuela will become a mainland Cuba and Chavez can begin his subversion of neighbouring governments in order to establish a growing South American counterbalance to the U.S.” That is great!
What you are saying is Chavez WILL do what USA DID and still DOAES. So, can’t it be seen as a Defence Strategy more than aggression towards neighbours?

“Chavez is a small man who operates foreign policy with personal vendetta's”. Thing that a President of the USA will never do of cause (“this guy tried to kill my Dad”)…

“President Uribe of Columbia makes a decision that is his to make after Chavez breaks an agreement”. Err, in this mediation between the FARC and the Colombian Government about hostage resolution (Ingrid Betencour case) it was a pure insult in term of politic. You ask a guy to help you, then when he ask something to one of the key player in your side you just fire him. So, rightly, Chavez would be feeling insulted… Uribe break an agreement, not Chavez…

“He severs ties and recalls diplomats on a regular basis for personal rather than national reasons”. Never happened in the USA under Bush administration, or any administration, I can tell you…

“Someone else please take this one. I prefer Tribes myself but any EU citizen will do.” It is a joke… It has to be…

“I love that people defend him and prove that they are ok with authoritarian powers, as long as they agree with them. That's a new concept...”:
Well, for what I know, Chavez was democratically elected twice, demonstrations against him are not forbidden. I went in few in France and the CRS did what the Venezuelan Police did in this kind of events.
He lost a referendum, but the so did the French Government few years ago… He will try again, or he will implement the Sarkozy’s solution pretending it is not the same text, so it doesn’t need a new referendum… I saw nobody accusing France and the New French President to be a Dictator in a new Conservative Dictatorship…
To lose a referendum and to accept it is more a proof a democracy than dictatorship…

“Considering this was the starting point of your premise I assumed you were joking and was hopeful one of the EU boys would take it and run.
If you were serious then my apologies, I didn’t take you seriously. Nor do I now.” Idem.