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Still, unlimited re-election is another matter. More of a concern, says Jones, is the reason that Chavez's measure will probably pass. Jones notes that one of the fundamental weaknesses of Chavez's leftist, anti-U.S. Bolivarian Revolution is "its inordinate dependence on Chavez, its one-man-show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chavez's Push for Permanence | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

On the one hand, they've got a point. If Chavez had a reputation for winning the presidential palace by trashing the ballot box - like, say, most Mexican Presidents of the 20th century - then the news this week would be genuinely alarming and the Bush Administration's attempts to pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chavez's Push for Permanence | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

Already, every member of the National Assembly is a Chavez ally - which is largely thanks, however, to the opposition's boneheaded boycott of the last parliamentary elections - as is just about every Supreme Court justice. As a result, keeping Chavez in power until 2021 (his stated goal, the 200th anniversary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chavez's Push for Permanence | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

Either way, Chavez can't yet be fingered as the new Fidel Castro. "For one thing," says Jones, "the Venezuelan people would never accept it. Chavez does want to create a more equitable society, even a socialist society, but I think he can only create a mixed economy. He inherited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chavez's Push for Permanence | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

The Weekly World News first appeared in 1979, when the National Enquirer went color and the only thing the publisher could think of doing with the black-and-white printing press was to run all the joke stories his editors came up with to entertain themselves. It has since become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Requiem for Bat Boy | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

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