Oliver Stone defends banana republics

Stone, a far-left whackjob who happens to make watchable films now and then, is coming out with a documentary supporting Latin American dictators and failed socialist regimes. Reuters:

The expressed view of the fraternal leaders is that they want independence and equality, and freedom from the International Monetary Fund and U.S. economic control. They all see in President Barack Obama the opportunity for lasting, mutually beneficial change. Stone is clearly impressed with the leaders he meets, and there are many relaxed scenes, including one in which he gets a great kick out of Bolivian leader Evo Morales showing him the best coca leaves to chew, a benign cure for the nauseous effects of the altitude in La Paz.

Of course they see Hussein as "the opportunity for lasting, mutually beneficial change." They're all communists. After all, socialism is just communism made palatable for Europeans, and liberalism is communism made palatable for Americans. They're all collectivists, so it's only natural they'd defend one another.