narrator: tonight on frontline . how are you, fidel? narrator: he calls castro his idol. very well, thank you. and you? very well. narrator: and the united states an enemy. he s convinced george bush goes to bed thinking of ways to assassinate hugo chavez. narrator: to his followers, he is venezuela s hope. ( people shouting ) to his critics, he as at worst a dictator, and at best, a master of the media. ( speaking in spanish ) he sings, he can be funny. he can seem bafoonish. he obeys none of the rules for what is expected of a head of state, or, for that matter, a public official on television. narrator: is he a real threat to america. venezuela s selling about 1.5 million barrels per day of crude and products to the united states. narrator: .or is he his own worst enemy? despite many billions of dollars of oil rough, we see, in fact, that most of hugo chavez s revolutionary programs simply have not worked. narrator: tonight on frontline , who is
narrator: tonight on frontline . how are you, fidel? narrator: he calls castro his idol. very well, thank you. and you? very well. narrator: and the united states an enemy. he s convinced george bush goes to bed thinking of ways to assassinate hugo chavez. narrator: to his followers, he is venezuela s hope. ( people shouting ) to his critics, he as at worst a dictator, and at best, a master of the media. ( speaking in spanish ) he sings, he can be funny. he can seem bafoonish. he obeys none of the rules for what is expected of a head of state, or, for that matter, a public official on television. narrator: is he a real threat to america. venezuela s selling about 1.5 million barrels per day of crude and products to the united states. narrator: .or is he his own worst enemy? despite many billions of dollars of oil rough, we see, in fact, that most of hugo chavez s revolutionary programs simply have not worked. narrator: tonight on frontline , who is