Chavez gives Venezuelan troops 40 pct pay rise

Hugo Chavez is a dictator in his control of Venezuela despite the "election" that put him in power.  It's clear that, like the pimps that he emulates in his macho, despotic rule he knows that money is what greases the wheels of the people who keep him in power so he can continue making his own money.  In that, at least, he is not stupid.

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