Frida Ghitis : « She says in the process of helping the poor , he undermined his nation 's democracy . He provided a lifeline to the Castro regime in Cuba , and ostentatiously made friends with America 's foes , such as Libya 's Moammar Gadhafi and Syria 's Bashar al-Assad . Chavez hurt his cause with his cartoonish attacks on the U.S. , she says . Ghitis : Human Rights Watch documented erosion of freedoms in Venezuela .
Frida Ghitis : « She says in the process of helping the poor , he undermined his nation 's democracy . Chavez hurt his cause with his cartoonish attacks on the U.S. , she says . Ghitis : Human Rights Watch documented erosion of freedoms in Venezuela .