Awwal 10, 1432 H/Feb 13, 2011, SPA -- President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he has no plans to cease his efforts to transform Venezuela into a socialist country, and he expressed confidence that his allies would take the reigns of his «Bolivarian Revolution» if he died or decided to step down. «There's no end here, this is going to continue,» said Chavez, referring to the political movement he named after 19th-century independence hero Simon Bolivar, according to AP. Chavez, a former paratroop commander who was first elected in 1998, said his close confidants would undoubtedly assume power and continue his efforts to steer Venezuela toward socialism if he were to die or retire from politics. «I don't fear death,» Chavez said during an interview broadcast on the local Televen television channel, adding that he believed a younger generation of revolutionary-minded allies would persevere in Venezuela's ongoing political tug-of-war.
