President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is battling cancer. The dynamic Venezuelan leader is seeking treatment in Cuba. President Chavez is one of the rare leaders who stand against the power of the West. How many times he has survived assassination or a military coup.

The choice to go to Cuba is not a surprise. Fidel Castro and Chavez are friends. They both were at some point on the “agenda” of the CIA as targets because of their ideological views. For sure President Chavez trusts the Cuban doctors more than any other doctor in the world. As the Bangala of Congo say, “If a bird pecks a rock, it trusts its beak.”