Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is the real hero of the oppressed and dispossessed people around the world. Chavez sees his Bolivarian revolution as a sure way to improve the living standards of his people, to ensure an equitable distribution of Venezuela's vast oil and gas resources and as a counterbalance to Pax Americana. No longer will Latin America be the backyard of the Yankees.

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