[news] Americans in Venezuela to support revolution

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Regarded by his opponents as an autocrat and demagogue, Chavez has become a magnet for North American progressives and other international political tourists. In addition to marginalizing the country's traditional elites and establishing health and social programs for the poor, he promises to use oil revenues garnered by the world's fifth largest petroleum exporter to reduce spiraling rates of poverty.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/12/11/122146/83