Monday, February 13, 2006

Riding High with Hugo Chavez

By MIKE WHITNEY, Counterpunch.org, February 13, 2006

Hugo Chavez’s meteoric rise on the world stage has as much to do with his defiance of Washington as it does with his leadership of a hemispheric revolution. At great personal risk, Chavez has consistently lashed out against his witless-nemesis, George Bush, and the coterie of sycophants who do his bidding.