How long before...

The Estimated Lifespan of a South American President

How long before the US Government does the usual and invades Venezuela - or starts sending its proverbial military observers and advisers of which it has so many?
On August 22, THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER editor Bob Chapman wrote here: "The US military is building a new base and conducting secretive operations in Paraguay ... our Embassy there refuses to acknowledge a base exists and describes the military activity as routine."

How long before Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shuffles, or is shuffled off, this mortal coil?
Never mind about Holy Man Pat Robertson's paranoid if telling rant - he being as close to the White House as he is. In between slandering Cindy Sheehan and protectiong Carl Rove this major gaff is just one more problem for the White House elite to sort out.
No, what I'm referring to here are the more recent actions of President Chavez, one of which is offering to use Venezuela's abundance of oil to benefit his own people while selling it at $40 a barrel to his other South American neighbour's, including his close friend, Cuba's Fidel Castro. See here for full story.
What with oil in the US touching $3+ a gallon at the pumps and rising while supplies diminish because of his actions in Iraq, this will be particularly disturbing to Bush.
Traditionally, uppity South American Presidents who refuse to toe the US line have a habit of either being bought off, moved off (Haiti being the latest case), or their lifestyle - read life here - is severely curtailed.