"You can kiss the country goodbye, too!"
Orig: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez kisses the ceremonial sash during the inauguration ceremony in Caracas. Chavez, a pro-Cuban critic of Washington, was sworn in for a new six-year term, promising to expand "socialism Venezuelan-style" and rewrite the constitution to allow indefinite reelection.(AFP/Juan Barreto)
Orig: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez kisses the ceremonial sash during the inauguration ceremony in Caracas. Chavez, a pro-Cuban critic of Washington, was sworn in for a new six-year term, promising to expand "socialism Venezuelan-style" and rewrite the constitution to allow indefinite reelection.(AFP/Juan Barreto)
Hint to the Left: "indefinite re-election" = "Dictatorship." Just ask the "99%" of Iraqi society that continued to "re-elect" Saddam Hussein.
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez salutes his supporters as he arrives at Fort Tiuna, to observe a military parade in his honor, on the day of his inauguration, in Caracas. Chavez, a pro-Cuban critic of Washington, was sworn in for a new six-year term, promising to expand "socialism Venezuelan-style" and rewrite the constitution to allow indefinite reelection.(AFP/Pedro Rey)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is pictured during his inauguration ceremony in Caracas. Chavez, a pro-Cuban critic of Washington, was sworn in for a new six-year term, promising to expand "socialism Venezuelan-style" and rewrite the constitution to allow indefinite reelection.(AFP/Juan Barreto)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez(L) is sworn in by the President of the Venezuelan Parliament Cilia Flores during the inauguration ceremony in Caracas. Chavez, a pro-Cuban critic of Washington, was sworn in for a new six-year term, promising to expand "socialism Venezuelan-style" and rewrite the constitution to allow indefinite reelection.(AFP/Juan Barreto)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez(C) addresses the Congress during the inauguration ceremony in Caracas. Chavez, a pro-Cuban critic of Washington, was sworn in for a new six-year term, promising to expand "socialism Venezuelan-style" and rewrite the constitution to allow indefinite reelection.(AFP/Juan Barreto)
From left to right, Jose Ramon Machado, vice president of Cuba, Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, Daniel Ortega, the new president of Nicaragua, Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela and Haiti's President Rene Prebval hold up their arms during the celebrations after Ortega's inauguration in Managua, Wednesday Jan. 10, 2007.(AP Photo/Ariel Leon)
