This article in the Chicago Tribune about Venezuela and President Chavez' policies actually working to lift up people from poverty is a good reminder that it matters what foreign policy we have in the U.S. -- we should stop supporting dictators. The Bush Empire Builders were all too happy to try to assist the potential coup of Chavez. One more reason to get rid of those people. Here's the article (centered on the first woman who was granted legal title to the land she had been illegally occupying for a long, long time, giving her access to capital and a sense of ownership).