sourceNever mind his anti-American theatrics. The Venezuelan president carries the support of the majority because they believe he's eased their poverty.
Listening to his campaign speeches, you might think Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was running against George Bush — whom he has been known to call "the devil" — rather than Manuel Rosales in Sunday's presidential election. The Venezuelan leader is convinced that Washington is behind Rosales's effort to unseat him, and told an enormous campaign rally on Sunday that his real opponent was the "imperialist government of the United States." But the president's supporters say his hostility to the Bush administration is not the main reason Chavez holds a commanding 20-point lead over Rosales according to most polls. Instead, his support is based on the myriad development programs he has set up to provide cheaper food, free education and free health care for the poor.
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