Much like Fidel Castro, his ideological soulmate, Hugo Chavez is fond of denouncing his critics as 'fascists' and 'Nazis,' regardless of whether those critics are U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill, heads of state in Europe, or opposition presidential candidates in Venezuela. Yet in his militarization of society, his promulgation of chauvinistic nationalism, and (above all) his persistent use of anti-Semitic demagoguery, Chavez himself is much closer to 1930s-style fascism than any of his democratic opponents.
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