Venezuela's President Chavez has announced his intention to interfere in nearby Bolivia's internal affairs if it's Chavez-friendly government is threatened by outside sources, or by it's own people---whether by popular revolt or in an election that the opposition wins.
It's become clear that he's planning on doing what he's accused the United States of: setting up an empire (with himself as absolute ruler).
And people wondered why the U.S. objected to the massive Venezuelan arms build-up?
It's because Chavez exports trouble to his neighbors, and U.S. officials predicted that the gun-toting dictator of Venezuela would try to export his Marxism outside of his own nation through use of force. And he's begun doing exactly that by promising to use force against his neighbors and refusing to recognize the new government of Mexico.
The true test of Chavez's words will come when a South American nation that he's targeted elects someone opposed to Venezuela's imperialism, or Venezuela itself votes Chavez out of office in the future. Would he go peacefully, or would he use violence and suppression to stay in power?
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