>The totalitarian ascent to power was applauded by the armchair revolutionaries of the left wing intelligentsia in South America and elsewhere. Don't forget fo

>The totalitarian ascent to power was applauded by the armchair revolutionaries of the left wing intelligentsia in South America and elsewhere. Don't forget former US President Jimmy Carter, who rubber stamped Chavez's rigged[1] elections and even wrote an obituary gushing with praise and admiration for the evil tyrant. [1] There's better ways to rig an election than stuffing ballot boxes. That's so primitive and risky. The modern way to rig an election is to control the media, force or entice them to say nothing but positive things about you, while burying your opponents with false or misleading claims.