Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has broken off diplomatic relations with Columbia giving the Columbian ambassador just 72 hours to get out of Caracas. The reason? Columbia produced evidence of Venezuela sheltering left wing Farc guerrillas on its territory and giving them material help. Chavez has forcibly taken over 20% of the opposition television station and has appointed a director on its board because he does not want the people to know of his extremely corrupt misrule. Abhisit Vejjajiva, who was never elected Prime Minister of Thailand, ordered the army to shoot Red Shirt protesters to death. Educated in Eton and Oxford you can see the utter lack of comprehension on his face when asked about grievances of the poor people. He is suffering from the ' let them eat cake ' disease and thinks mass murder is justified maybe because, being extremely wealthy, he has come to believe that the poor are disposable. North Korea is threatening to use nuclear weapons against joint exercises by US and South Korean forces. This demented regime is clinging on to power despite its population slowly dying of malnutrition. It is hard to imagine the suffering of people as they watch their children crying of hunger and slowly dying without food. Some try to escape to China and thence to the south but most are trapped. In Greece, Spain, Ireland, Iceland governments presided of huge asset bubbles fueled by easy debt and are now asking the people to bear the consequences. No matter what the political system those in power seem able to do whatever they like. We, the people do not matter.