I had a rather negative view of Hugo Chavez before the 2002 coup.
As the Venezuelan opposition has time and again showed it´s idiocy
and unwillingness to act democratically, my view of Chavez has
changed. He may be authoritarian at times, but the Venezuelan
opposition seems blantly to be a worser choice than him today. As
the former coup leader has been changed to democratic leader, the
formerly democratic Venezuelan opposition is ready to use any
means possible to depose him and gain power again. Even now they
aren´t ready to accept their defeat and start getting themselves
ready for the 2006 presidential elections. And frankly, with their
shenanigans they seem to be doing excellent work of getting Chavez
re-elected. And what next? Well, the opposition has tried everything
else except assasination and foreign troops. Maybe they try them next.