Chavez has governed for just over 10 years and makes no bones about his aim to stay in office for decades more while he works to turn Venezuela into a socialist state.

• 至于查维斯统治委内瑞拉已超过10年，他对希望能继续执政的愿望不加掩饰，目标是要将委内瑞拉变成一个社会主义国家。