As an estimated crowd of a little less than a million of Venezuelans packed a major highway on Saturday in Caracas (Venezuela), a city of 5 millions, in one of the largest demonstrations in years, waving flags as presidential candidate Manuel Rosales vowed to unseat incumbent Hugo Chavez in elections on December 3, the question arises whether Hugo Chavez, a rabid anti-U.S. ruler in Latin America will continue to rule the country.

Over the years, he has emerged as the most influential Communist leader, even overshadowing his mentor Fidel Castro of Cuba. He has too become the symbol of Communist forces, marching once again following setbacks to the Marxists in the erstwhile U.S.S.R and East European countries.

Rosales lashed out at what Chavez calls his plan for “21st century socialism,” saying it’s nothing more than a plan to be “president all his life, until he dies like Fidel Castro — indefinite re-election…..It’s Castro communism, the Cubanization of Venezuela….This country doesn’t want that. It wants modernity.”

Chavez, who was first elected in 1998, has said he wants to continue governing Venezuela until 2021 or longer. He said he plans to call a referendum to ask Venezuelans whether they support changing the constitution to allow indefinite re-election. It currently allows two consecutive presidential terms.

Via: BBC