[El Universal] Venezuela's His Excellency President-for-Life, Caudillo of the Bolivarians Hugo Chavez is an "anti-US dictator" similar to his Zimbabwe's counterpart Bob MuggsyMugabe. He is bringing his country to "ruin," said former US President George W. Bush in his memoirs entitled Decision Points that went on sale on Tuesday in the United States.
In the chapter entitled Freedom Agenda, in which Bush discusses the democratic situation in several countries, the former US president considered that with Chavez's inauguration, Venezuela "also diverted from democracy," DPA reported.
"Unfortunately, (Chavez) squandered the money of Venezuelans and is bringing his country to ruin," he said.
Chavez "has become the Bob
MuggsyMugabe of South America," Bush wrote. He regretted that other regional leaders, particularly those of Nicaragua, Bolivia and Ecuador, "are following suit with Chavez."
Among the "other isolated outposts of tyranny," Bush mentioned Cuba along with Belarus, Myanmar and Sudan.