Well, he is clearly not content to contain his revolution to Venezuela. In the recently published Draft declaration of Principles of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) it is clear that a primary objective of his movement is to spread his version of “social emancipation” around the world, and bury capitalism.
Basing itself on the Bolivarian tradition, the program of the PSUV champions internationalism and takes as its starting point the belief that the grand objectives of the revolution will have only been obtained when the Latin American and Caribbean people obtain unity and national and social emancipation, and together with the people of all the world we have buried capitalism in order to open the door to a new era in the history of humanity.
The document goes on to say essentially that it is the destiny of Hugo and his party to lead the entire world to the new utopia:
The agony of imperialism is an unavoidable fact. The Party (Bolivarian Party for the Socialist Revolution) of Venezuela is born in order to defend the homeland, to lead the revolution towards its emancipatory objective, to join with all the other peoples of the world in the task of burying imperialism and building a new world, fit for a free and full humanity.
Wow. What an ego this guy has.
Update: While we’re on the Chavez file, here’s some recent news from the Columbian border:
Chavez, who has long criticized Uribe for being allied with the United States, said he would squeeze Venezuela’s $6 billion in annual trade with Colombia.
“We aren’t interested in Colombian investments here,” he said, adding: “Of the Colombian businesses that are here in Venezuela, we could nationalize some.”
