OK, ss, but do his facts check out?
I'd have to say that yes, all of the facts DO check out in the article.
Everything I've heard indicate so.
The only fact relevant to the election, that Chavez was pressured by the military
"Pressured" not to manipulate the results, you mean? And you don't find it relevant that he monkeyed with the election? Really?
So that is why I criticize its use (even though it is labelled an opinion piece) as a "factual account" of Chavez's foreign relations
It's not about his foreign relations, it's about TRYING TO MANIPULATE THE ELECTION.