There is a president of a large South American country on its northern coast with Caribbean coastline who was undemocratically elected when tens of thousands of ballots were destroyed by paramilitary thugs.
This President sends out a secret police to kill and torture many of his political enemies and grew up a wealthy boy of privilege with connections to the Medellin drug cartel.
This President calls peaceful citizens "cowards who wrap themselves in the banner of human rights." Oh his name is not Hugo Chavez. This guy makes Hugo Chavez look like Gandhi. But instead of denouncing the "Hitler" of South America, George W Bush had this to say about Alvaro Uribe, the dictatorial President of Colombia
It's been my honor to welcome a true democrat, a strong leader, and a friend.
This same Colombian dictator Alvaro Uribe seeks to destroy judicial independence.
This same Colombian dictator Alvaro Uribe is opposed to abortion rights even in cases of rape, incest, or to save a woman's life.
Alvaro Uribe and his government kill union leaders they don't like.
Alvaro Uribe is EVERYTHING the Republicans say Hugo Chavez is TIMES A THOUSAND. Uribe is a dictator, a murderer, and a terrorist.
But the American Right is silent as is the US media. So for everytime you hear the name Hugo Chavez, say the name Alvaro Uribe ten times. Uribe makes Chavez look like a centrist, something Chavez, who is further to the left of every Democratic member of the US Congress, is certainly not.