Quote Originally Posted by Kevin23 View Post
How much truth is there to claims of Chavez regime's involvement in drug trafficking/organized crime as well as profiting off such speculated activities throughout the Americas? In addition, is there any validity to the claims that Venezuela has been allowing a base for the operations of and facilitating non-Latin American organizations like Hezbollah?

I'm interested in these claims because like many of the posters and viewers of this site know, much has been voiced in some quarters about the Chavez Regime harboring and facilitating such elements.
I admit I have not the foggiest, but from an a-priori (however that's spelled) perspective, if I were a drug-trafficker, I'd probably do business with people who scored a little higher in business administration than the Chavez regime, given the desired financial end state. Although, I guess he could just do it to be annoying.