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Although Hugo Chavez just died last week in Caracas, economic freedom predeceased him in Venezuela by at least a decade.

Comedian and host of "Club Random" podcast Bill Maher tore into actor Sean Penn as he tried to defend former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

Confrontation. right now the americans are being pretty careful although they have quite a presence in colombia, they are not going to push into venezuela yet. but we could and probably will see some attempts at mass demonstrations at the border area by the opposition. if those get really violent, if those get really bloody then that could be yet another step towards open confrontation. >> what about the usa' role yesterday. yesterday nicolas maduro rejected the aid from the u.s. saying the gift was to cover up the crime against venezuela. will that contribute to the economic hardships that we...

And so we look at a country like brazil where the presidential candidate was actually just stabbed a few days ago, but after we supporteded a coup there, there was torture instituted by the military regime that again we couldn't control. and so that is why when there is a coup in turkey, you heard president obama say he didn't support it, he supported the democratically elected government. coups are a slippery slope. >> and venezuela is strategically important. >> well, it is interesting, they have the largest oil reserves in the world and has been a net oil exporter for some time. their produ...