every year he stays alive is an embarrassment to the U.S govt. He is one of the highlights of one of many of the U.S failures. I personally love the guy..........not because I think he's "personally" that great of a character.........but he shows what can happen when you meddle in other countries affairs. I hope he lives for another 50 years. And I hope to be old and grey and opening a newspaper in the morning and getting a good kick out of that old codge Chavez opening his pie hole and saying something utterly hysterical. YOu watch, we'll make the same mistakes in Venezuela..........and in the end Chavez, or someone ultimately worse.....will come to power. That's how the U.S rolls..........we go somewhere and make shit worse, than whine about all the haters.