Other unabashed admirers included Kevin Spacey, Danny Glover, Oliver Stone, Harry Belafonte, Naomi Campbell, and Princeton University Professor Cornel West.

And some are nearly as critical as Penn.

Belafonte labeled George W. Bush the „greatest tyrant in the world,’’ while telling Chavez how “millions’’ of Americans supported him.

Boxing promoter Don King praised Chavez and his „revolution,’’ announcing, „To see what is happening here makes me feel good all over.’’