In addition to seizing the Orinoco oilfields from the corporations that developed them,

"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday threatened to nationalize the country's banks and largest steel producer.... 'All of those who voted for me backed Socialism, and that is where we are heading.' " -- Associated Press

The proles may think they are heading for the worker's paradise, but it's not where they will wind up. The "leader of progressive humanity" and the central committee have a somewhat different destination in mind. Is Venezuela's bureaucracy really more efficient or its politicians less corrupt than all the others in latino land? Buena suerte!