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The difference is congress can end or ignore an executive order and if the president vetos their decision if they have 2/3s majority opposition to it the veto is null. The president can only be a civilian dictator for a day and is unlikely to do much more than make one law based on the situation at the time which will probably be ignored afterwards unless the president wants to risk his reputation.
Compare this to Chavez's 18 months with his attempts to control the nation's media, polarise all the nation's political parties so there are no competing socialist parties and claims anything and everything is an imperialist. Chavez has not earned the right to rule by decree, he will not do what the people want and he has not done anything significant for the poor who voted him in. 8 years on and corruption hasn't changed, crime is terrible, there are still many problems with water, electricity and healthcare. The things he has done are rudimentary at best and the businesses that used to run them are sufferring and as a result less efficient than they were before Chavez.
Te Venezuelan government is afloat due to it's monopoly over the nation's crude oil. Except instead of making the most of their profits their government is squanderring it inefficiently. Fluctuations in demand for oil will generate instability and Chavez's regime will resort to tyranny to hold on to power and profits. Same shit different asshole.