The legacy of Chávez

The Nation has a good article up about Chávez’s legacy. He was a beacon of hope in a world dominated by the nihilism of neoliberalism, and consequently he’s been called the next Stalin — if you’re inclined (as I once was) to believe that U.S. propaganda about foreign leaders is opportunistic but basically accurate (i.e., there were many rulers as bad as Saddam Hussein, but he at least genuinely was bad), this article might be a good place to start reconsidering that view.