Honestly Hugo Chavez is a 'very intelligent' guy trying to cal attention to media and obviously pretending to hide the real (sad)situation in Venezuela to his people ....but i really dont consider him as a real treat...well not yet...actually he tried a lot to obtain Lula's (Brazilian President) support to his 'ideas' to fight agaisnt american imperialism ...
Hes an example of a 'populistic" and -surely an extremely charismatic -leader... so hes far away of being classified as a crazy guy...believe me