Latin American politics
Even his bitterest foes should wish Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chávez, a speedy recovery from the illness that has now sent him to doctors in Havana for the second time in six weeks.
即使是与委内瑞拉总统雨果•查韦斯不同戴天的仇敌也应期盼他早日康复，这是查韦斯在六周之内第二次被送往哈瓦那接受医生诊治
in the worst traditions of the Kremlin or North Korea.
沿袭苏联和北韩的最不好的传统
even before the man himself was struck down, chavismo was in terminal decline, outside Venezuela at least.
即使xxxz在被病魔击倒之前，他已经穷途末路。
as a continental force
横扫了整个南美大陆 –漂亮
like-minded
志趣相投
Not only did Mr Chávez deploy the popular touch of a born communicator, but he was also armed with seemingly limitless oil money.
他不仅利用他外交家的天分四处奔走
power cuts
断电
other countries have overhauled Venezuela.
其他国家已经赶上并超过
courting foreign investment
吸引外资
blind alley
死胡同
pragmatic successo
继承人是个实用主义者
a dozen years of spraying oil money in the general direction of poorer Venezuelans buys the abiding loyalty of some, even if it has all but destroyed the economy.
许多年来，贫穷的委内瑞拉依靠石油收入维持自己各方面的发展，几乎摧毁了国家经济，于此同时获得一些簇拥的支持。
In Venezuela, chavismo may live on, with or without its creato
无论查维斯本人当不当政，委内瑞拉国内的查韦斯主义仍将继续发挥作用