ask if Chávez might have timed

ask if Chávez might have timed his latest health announcement to help galvanize the PSUV base. The stakes are particularly high in Miranda state, adjoining Caracas, where Chávez’s October opponent, centrist Governor Henrique Capriles, will have his gubernatorial re-election challenged by dyed-in-the-wool socialist Elías Jaua, Maduro’s predecessor as Vice President. Either way, and whether or not Chávez survives his cancer, his revolution looks to be approaching its twilight, worn auto scanners for sale down by the kind of anachronistic left-wing governance that belies the “21st century socialism” he promised. His relapse is certainly a blow to a party that he’s left conspicuously ill prepared for his absence. But it also affords his allies the opportunity to prove that their revolution is more than just a one-caudillo show — and that it can defeat at least political death. MORE: Latin King: How did a Weakened Chávez Retain Venezuela s Presidency? This article is another example of the kind of fantasy land opponents of the revolutionary movement in Venezuela live in.  They've always thought the movement, the Bolivarian Revolution, is all auto circuit tester about Pres. Hugo Chavez.  It most certainly is not true and they will find out if a new Presidential election is required.  Nicholas Maduro, Chavez's handpicked successor, will defeat whomever the oligarchy backs against him.It is true that Pres. Chavez has been unifying force for the Venezuelan left.  He will continue to be so should he die.  Then he will be a martyr for the movement.  Martyrs are often more powerful unifying forces than the living person.Tim Padgett writes in this article, "his revolution is in its twilight, worn down by the kind of anachronistic left-wing governance that belies the “21st centurysocialism” he promised." Read more: http://world.time.com/2012/12/10/chavezs-cancer-relapse-can-venezuelas-socialists-survive-it/ixzz2EmuvFeiN  This is pure propaganda.  Either that or fantasy.  As the U. S. economy remains stagnant, the Venezuelan economy