Chavez was elected in 1998 in a clean election[0].<p>He was re-elected in 2000, in an election the Carter Center found satisfactory[1].<p>He was once again elected in 2006, in an election EU observers found to be free and fair[2].<p>After three elections, I&#x27;d say the good people of Venezuela deserve to live in a filthy dump.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Venezuelan_presidential_election,_1998" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Venezuelan_presidential_electi...</a><p>[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cartercenter.org&#x2F;documents&#x2F;297.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cartercenter.org&#x2F;documents&#x2F;297.pdf</a><p>[2]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;eeas.europa.eu&#x2F;eueom&#x2F;missions&#x2F;2006&#x2F;venezuela&#x2F;index_en.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;eeas.europa.eu&#x2F;eueom&#x2F;missions&#x2F;2006&#x2F;venezuela&#x2F;index_en...</a>