Excellent news from Venezuela for non-interventionists that after a hard-fought race incumbent Hugo Chávez has won yet another term as president. Chávez battled cancer, a well-heeled opponent backed by the trans-national elites, and the US and its covert and overt support for his opponent to achieve a victory that was, to his credit, accepted by the losing candidate, Henrique Capriles. No Gene Sharp color revolution appears underway. How could it be excellent news for us readers of this venerable mother ship of anti-statism that the poster boy for South American statism has won another term? First, at least for us … Continue reading ¡Viva Chávez!