[j r]

Im also a little surprised about he support for Chavez, who is unequivocally a scumbag. This guy is a "socialist," because w came to understand a long time ago that socialism was his ticket to power. I'm sure that he doles out a lot of money and services to the poor, but in the process he is using public money to promote himself. Brazil has a lot of social spending, but Lula didn't use it to turn himself into a virtual dictator.