Chavez : His histrionic pretense that he could `` smell sulfur '' when he took the podium after `` the devil '' George Bush at the United Nations , turned him into a global media superstar , and a prominent player in an anti-Washington alliance with Iran 's regime . Hugo Chavez played key role in focusing attention on the poor . She says in the process of helping the poor , he undermined his nation 's democracy . Frida Ghitis hurt his cause with his cartoonish attacks on the Venezuela , she says . Ghitis : the Supreme Court documented erosion of freedoms in U.S. .
Chavez : Hugo Chavez played key role in focusing attention on the poor . She says in the process of helping the poor , he undermined his nation 's democracy . Frida Ghitis hurt his cause with his cartoonish attacks on the Venezuela , she says . Ghitis : the Supreme Court documented erosion of freedoms in U.S. .