I'd like some commentary from the Venezuela experts here

[Lydia Leftcoast]

OK, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune published an article about Chavez's declaration that the U.S. was planning to invade his country. The comments section carried the usual freeperisms, and then there was a series of several long posts purportedly by an expat teaching English in Valencia. He claims that 75% of the people there want Chavez dead. Now a lot of the things he says sound right wing, such as his dismay that he can't bring his guns into the country.

I also know that many expats are Libertarians, rich scumbags who want to live like feudal lords in poor countries where they don't have to pay many taxes.

Is Valencia a right-wing hotbed, or is this correspondent just hanging out with the kind of rich people pictured in The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, the ones who complain about their servants getting uppity?

Here's the link to the comments.

http://ww2.startribune.com/user_comments/comments.php?d=asset_comments&asset_id=31140999&sort=L§ion=/world

The guy goes on at great length. Perhaps he's not really an English teacher. Perhaps that's only his CIA cover.

What do you all think?