No. Where there's smoke, there's Philip Morris. Let me tell you about a little place called Kent State University... or any G8 protest... or any World Bank protest. Maybe there weren't actual killings in the latter two but the brutality was just as prevalent. You haven't cited one reliable, definite source that there are any severe human rights violations happening in Venezuela and you admit you've never been there to witness them. Stop this mindless, personal vendetta against Chavez. It's about oil. Gas prices are currently stable in a period when they usually climb. "Threats" to hike oil prices arelike China's "threats" to nuke Taiwan. Meaningless. Blowing smoke over Chavez makes you look like a right wing asshole.