Well, 'western' 'rules based order' involves democratic elections and being in 166th place for government transparency isn't a good sign. Appointing your succe

Well, 'western' 'rules based order' involves democratic elections and being in 166th place for government transparency isn't a good sign. Appointing your successor isn't exactly democratic, in fact it's very much the sign of most countries that end in dictatorship: "Chavez was elected to a third term in October 2012. However, he was never sworn in due to medical complications; he died in March 2013.[95] Nicolás Maduro was picked by Chavez as his successor, appointing him vice president in 2013." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela#Bolivarian_government_under_Ch%C3%A1vez:_1999%E2%80%932013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela#Bolivarian_governmen...