Hugo Chavez Meddling in Peru

(Lima, Peru) Given the ambitions of Hugo Chavez, the New World's premier socialist thug, this report should be less than surprising.

Hugo Chavez has been accused of using Venezuela's oil riches to meddle in Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia and Nicaragua. Now, Peru's president says the Venezuelan leader may be doing it here by funding militants and anti-poverty centers that preach populist revolution.

In recent weeks, Peruvian police have arrested nine people the government alleges are militants bankrolled by Venezuela. And the head of a Congressional investigatory committee accused Venezuela of supplying funds to outreach centers he says agitate against the government.

As long as he has oil revenue coming in, you can count on Chavez being politically adventurous.