Face Value part 2

For Today’s article I wanted to continue my piece about how few Venezuelans support changes to the Constitution. I decided to continue because of another article I read from the LA Times which was not in the Star Tribune un-like my previous one was. This article from the LA Times talked about how Chavez, president of Venezuela thinks he is God now. I first just wanted to know what exactly Chavez said, and when I found out what he said in the article it was not the same as what the headline on the LA Times said. Both articles from the Star Tribune and LA Times have many things in common, most important they both jump at the opportunity to make Chavez look bad based on opposition views and/or less than credible sources like the pollsters. The headline on the LA Times article reads “SOTTO VOCE: Chavez on the Cross”, and the article begins with “Guess who thinks he’s God?” Chavez compared his situation to what Christ’s, which is far from saying that he is God. To say the truth there are many people through out history that have suffered (like Peter, one of Jesus’ first disciples), not as much as Christ though. Even if Chavez said this (because I would not be surprised if LA Times misquoted Chavez) the statement is far from saying that he is God. Another piece in this article that I found rather far from the truth is when LA Times called him a “benevolent dictator” even though Chavez was first elected by a majority of Venezuelans, was brought back after the coup attempt in April 2002 by a majority of Venezuelans, was voted to stay in power by a majority, was again voted in by a majority for a new term, and the proposed changes to the constitution was approved by a majority in congress. So is there something missing, I did not know that being voted democratically to office makes you a dictator.