# Hugo Chavez to become dictator-for-life

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 16, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugo-chavez-to-become-dictator-for-life/415783 "2007-08-16T03:53:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugo-chavez-to-become-dictator-for-life/415783/21 "2007-08-17T00:16:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Sam Stone]  
Next on the dictator-for-life list: Vladimir Putin.  
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I think Putin’s actually a bit ahead of Chavez on this, isn’t he? You just don’t hear so much about it because the West plays so nice with Russia.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugo-chavez-to-become-dictator-for-life/415783/22 "2007-08-17T00:42:25Z")

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[QUOTE=RickJay]  
I think Putin’s actually a bit ahead of Chavez on this, isn’t he? You just don’t hear so much about it because the West plays so nice with Russia.  
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Nah, you hear plenty about it. Seems like every week there’s a news story about Vlad being a dick about something.

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