Poverty in Venezuela is worse than ever. I didn't discover poverty because Chavez pointed it out to me.

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Chavez has created a society controlled by fear. A fear of crime, a fear of the police, a fear of property being seized, a fear of corruption.

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The government has a problem it cannot ignore -- a single-colored parliament elected amid a gigantic abstention.

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It is potentially dangerous for democracy. It could lead to an authoritarian exercise of power.

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