Reply #166: Chavez is both a hero and a villain

[Taverner]

He champions the poor, and gives them education, medicine and food. He brings jobs to areas that have none, and cares for the indigenous populations of the country.

However, as far as human rights go, he's a monster. FTR, he just closed down an exhibit featuring plasticized bodies, confiscating the body parts for a "Catholic" burial. He also shut down the equivalent of Fox Venezuela. He also still tortures dissidents.