Anybody who watches Venezuelan tv and follows Chavez speeches will soon understand that he is very critical of even himself, this guy is the first to recognize his errors and be sure that before he expresses support for a nation or a world leader he does it with care, not to imply that he won't be wrong, he is human and to err is human.

When it comes to politics and Chavez support to China it is clear that when analyzing the whole picture China is a much better partner that the USA.

Chavez is in the process of rebuilding a nation that have been looted for decades/centuries by capitalism/imperialism/colonialism and he adopted a disgraced system which he along with the Venezuelan people have been changing to benefit the people and not the transnational mafias.

Why do you think that the Rockeffellers and the elite of the USA and Europe atempted a coup against Chavez? the reason is money, but the money of the Venezuelan people which Rockefeller and friends stole for decades through their transnationals.

See the interview of Aaron Russo as he descloses his conversation with Nick Rockefeller and explains how they had already planned 911, the invasion of Iraq and afghanistan and the coup against Chavez.

http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx5IKBFW1B8&feature=related

As for your comment about Amnesty International, you should know that AI is a USA controlled institution as Human rights watch, USAID etc.

So, Chavez is not perfect but neither is the Dalia Lama when he takes the CIA side to confront China. And Chavez is no holy man either but many in Venezuela respect him much more than the hipocrits who represent the Vatican there.