The Dictator and the Congressman
Rep. Bill Delahunt warms up to Venezuela's strongman.
Duncan Currie
December 19, 2005, Vol. 11, No. 14
IF THE SAHARA DESERT WENT Marxist, ran a Cold War-era joke, pretty soon it would have to import sand. Today the gag might be: If Venezuela, the world's fifth-largest oil exporter, elected Hugo Chávez, pretty soon it would have to import petroleum. Except it's not a gag. In December 2002, less than four years into Chávez's presidency, Venezuelans began importing oil. The wells hadn't gone dry.
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