Reply #152: rule by decree is both common and limited in venezuela [View All]

Chavez has limited authority to rule by decree within certain areas for a specific time. His authority can be revoked at any time by the legislature, and Chavez's tenure as president can be revoked at any time by recall election. He is not a dictator. The TV station has not yet lost its license, but given the fact that it participated in the aborted CIA sponsored coup against Chavez and in the failed CIA sponsored attempt to destabilize Venezuela by a Chileanb style 'middle class economic revolt', it is not surprising that this stations license to broadcast would be in question. Amending the constitution to revoke term limits does not make Chavez a dictator. Abolishing elections would. You let me know when that happens, okay?