The Heritage Foundation has released one of their Backgrounder publications on Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan ‘leader’ and it is most illuminating.

Here’s a brief excerpt:

If Simón Bolívar had returned to Venezuela in 2007 for his 224th birthday, he would have encountered a large man sporting a red shirt named Hugo Chávez exploiting his legacy. Although President Chávez claims to be Bolívar’s worthy successor, the Liberator would see red when comparing Chávez’s “21st century socialism” with the reality of his regime.

Read the entire Backgrounder by clicking here…