“Chavismo”
The origin of “Chavismo” as a political trend can be placed chronologically on February 4, 1992, when, in the middle of a coup d'etat against President Carlos Andrés Pérez, then Lieutenant-Colonel Hugo Chavez appeared on television, taking responsibility for the action and asking his followers to surrender. After that, Chavez was imprisoned in the barracks of San Carlos, north of Caracas; place where he was frequently visited by people who came brought him gifts and would write him notes of support. The same happened in the prison of San Francisco de Yare, where he was taken after. When released from prison, Chavez traveled all over Venezuela, where his ideas were gaining popularity at a rapid pace, in a weary population, among …show more content…
It all starts in 1982 when Hugo Chavez along with other military part of the revolutionary Bolivarian Movement 200 attempts a coup d'etat with the then president but fails and is imprisoned for two years. In 1998, Chavez comes to elections with the support of the Fifth Republic Movement political party with his political project that was based on the need to convene a National Constituent Assembly to restructure the republic. At that time, he had a lot of popularity and had the support of all the Venezuelan leftist government and wins the election. After coming to power, a referendum was created that seeked to modify the constitution of 1961. In December 15, 1999, the government promotes a second constitutional referendum that led to the new Constitution of Venezuela of 1999 .With this done, the Bolivarian Revolution (or Venezuelan Revolution) the name given in Venezuela, by Hugo Chavez (1954-2013) and his supporters, of the ideological and social project that began in 1999 with the election of Chavez as president. According to its supporters, the revolution is based on the ideals of Simon Bolivar. Hugo Chavez believed that the Bolivarian Revolution was based on the principles of Karl Marx and Jean Jacques
The origin of “Chavismo” as a political trend can be placed chronologically on February 4, 1992, when, in the middle of a coup d'etat against President Carlos Andrés Pérez, then Lieutenant-Colonel Hugo Chavez appeared on television, taking responsibility for the action and asking his followers to surrender. After that, Chavez was imprisoned in the barracks of San Carlos, north of Caracas; place where he was frequently visited by people who came brought him gifts and would write him notes of support. The same happened in the prison of San Francisco de Yare, where he was taken after. When released from prison, Chavez traveled all over Venezuela, where his ideas were gaining popularity at a rapid pace, in a weary population, among …show more content…
It all starts in 1982 when Hugo Chavez along with other military part of the revolutionary Bolivarian Movement 200 attempts a coup d'etat with the then president but fails and is imprisoned for two years. In 1998, Chavez comes to elections with the support of the Fifth Republic Movement political party with his political project that was based on the need to convene a National Constituent Assembly to restructure the republic. At that time, he had a lot of popularity and had the support of all the Venezuelan leftist government and wins the election. After coming to power, a referendum was created that seeked to modify the constitution of 1961. In December 15, 1999, the government promotes a second constitutional referendum that led to the new Constitution of Venezuela of 1999 .With this done, the Bolivarian Revolution (or Venezuelan Revolution) the name given in Venezuela, by Hugo Chavez (1954-2013) and his supporters, of the ideological and social project that began in 1999 with the election of Chavez as president. According to its supporters, the revolution is based on the ideals of Simon Bolivar. Hugo Chavez believed that the Bolivarian Revolution was based on the principles of Karl Marx and Jean Jacques