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Columnist Marco Sifuentes, cited in a Simeon Tegel article in Global Post, about the impact of the reelection of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela:

Latin America is not divided between rights and lefts, black and white, but in democratic shades and authoritarian shades. Between those who may not be perfect but guarantee a minimum of freedom to be able to decide where we are going, and those who believe they are perfect and have already decided that we are going with them.

Senor Chavez believes he is perfect; that as many Latinos as he can buy with oil will go with him.