What's going on with Chavez?

Interesting turn of events going on in South America. The Russians are cozying up with Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. This week, they have "maneuvers" planned for the Russian and Venezuelan militaries. This may seem innocuous enough, but it comes on the heels of Russia's invasion of Georgia (a U.S. ally). Now, today, Bolivia kicked out the U.S. ambassador over some spying charge and the U.S. reciprocated. That was this morning. Now I read that Chavez has done the same this evening. This is not an accident. I am certain that Chavez, the Russians, somebody has been planning this for awhile. It might not even be accidental that it would occur today, on the anniversary of 9/11. Nonetheless, I don't think we'll see the repercussions of these acts tomorrow. I suspect whatever Chavez is planning, we may not see it until closer to the election or even until after the election. But the world certainly became a lot more interesting.