Hugo Sometimes Lacks Finesse

BBC NEWS | Americas | Chavez to shut down opposition TV: "Chavez to shut down opposition TV
Hugo Chavez gives a speech at Fuerte Tiuna in Caracas, 28 December
The move has been called a grave violation of freedom of expression
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he will not renew the licence for the country's second largest TV channel which he says expires in March 2007."

If only he'd thought of the "fairness doctrine." He wouldn't have been written off as a tin horn dictator - he'd be a "progressive reformer!"