Like most of the guys in Latin, Central, & South America Chavez loved to talk a big game, but in reality with his nation dependent on exporting vast amounts of oil he didn't want to step out of line with the United States. He was never going to attack us or anything like that, he might try to subvert us he attempted to do so with the Occupy Wall Street movement but he was 0 threat to the United States and he knew it, he just wanted to look like a big guy to his people so they wouldn't go Il Duce on his ass and string his fat ass up on a light pole....they DO have light poles in Venezuela verdad?