I outline NYT reporter Juan Forero’s propaganda that gives Venezuela’s dictator Hugo Chavez a boost, now that he’s off to Porto Alegre to defend Zimbabwe-style land expropriations. Juan’s timing for Chavez is just ‘coincidentally’ perfect, and his arguments are party-line. As news, it’s weeks late, but it’s just perfect to re-frame the debate for Chavez’s soapbox. This is bad stuff.