Why does Chavez seem to think that the U.S. are PUNKS?

When Hugo Chavez spoke at the UN, (after Bush) you might remember him saying the podium smelled of sulfur, he called Bush Diablo, giving the idiot far too much credit in my opinion, he held up a book by Professor of Linguistics at MIT Noam Chomsky, "Hegemony or Survival". If you want to know what Mr Chavez thinks of the US and why he thinks it you might try reading it.