the united states reaffirms the venezuelan people and its interest in reconstructing the venezuelan government. there will be an election in 30 days. what s both the political and sort of the broader global place of venezuela? what does the future look like? boy, that s a great question, and chris, you know what steve said defining hugo chavez, i think, is right on target. the question is now, what is a post-chavez venezuela going to look like, and it depends who you talk to how they think things are going to turn out. but when you have a institution that s been created armed forces, civil society, financial society, you know, venezuela is only the second opec country, latin america opec country. hundreds of thousands of barrels come to the united states from venezuela. when you have a man who for 14 years was able to change the entire structure of a country,