Hugo Chávez

corruption and embezzlement in 1993, Ramon Jose Velasquez became interim president. Rafael Caldera was elected president. In 1998, Hugo Chavez was elected president. A year after his election, severe water-related natural disasters killed tens of thousands of Venezuelans. In 2000, Chavez was reelected to another six year term of presidency. Although discouraged by the US, Chavez visits Iraq; he was the first foreign head of state to do so since 1991. In 2001, he sparked controversy when he…

however, Greg Grandin 's On the Legacy of Hugo Chávez favors a system that accepts the established differences and works towards progress by catering to the ordinary citizens of the nation. Equality is not a process of giving everyone access to the same things so that everyone progresses at individual paces, but a process of helping the underprivileged rise to an attainable level for all. In contrast to the statements of Castañeda, Grandin 's statements about Chávez 's as the force behind the…

supplies, food, and water since the beginning of the Venezuelan crisis. There are many contributing factors of the Venezuelan crisis that have caused the economy to spiral since the death of Hugo Chávez. Hugo Chávez became president in 1999. He won the election by getting 56 percent of the votes. (12) Chávez has contributed…

Good Evening Fellow Americans at the Washington Office on Latin America I would like to begin by stating that it is an honor to be here, addressing the nation on our relations with our hemispheric neighbors in Latin America. First of all, I want to emphasize that it is our campaign and our party’s goal to build partnerships based on mutual respect with all of our hemispheric neighbors across Latin America. We want to build partnerships that promote prosperity, democracy and peace across Latin…

understanding. For instance, in class we watched a documentary called the Revolution won’t be televised, which took place in Venezuela around 2002. Personally, I never knew who Hugo Chavez was and the work he did in Venezuela. Upon watching the video, I witness some organizing skills from Chavez, in-spite him being the president. Chavez was…

Stephen Tate Econ 200 Current Event: The Economic Crisis in Venezuela The economic situation in Venezuela is truly parlous. The country with a population of roughly thirty-one million people is having mass shortages of food, and common necessities such as toilet paper. Yet the reason for this economic crisis is years in the making, and has to deal with very much the political system adopted within the country. According to The Guardian and writer Julian Borger the oil rich country is facing a…

falling to communism. Then Hugo Chavez ratified in a national referendum and abolished congress and the judiciary. This moved Venezuela’s political rights from 2-4, and its status under the Freedom House Index from Free to Partly Free. In 1999, Venezuela received a 4.0. This was the year Chavez spend dismantling Venezuela’s checks and balances system. Congressional power was pulled, and the judiciary was placed under executive branch guidance. A new constitution drafted by Chavez censored the…

Culture Awareness: Venezuela Following Venezuela’s withdrawal from its federation with Colombia in 1830, the United States established diplomatic relations with Venezuela in 1835, and maintained a generally close relationship throughout most of our history. However, the U.S.-Venezuelan bilateral relationship has been tense in recent years due to a variety of policy differences. Recognizing that this tension is based on significant differences of analysis, opinion, and policy, the U.S.…

I am Gerardo Suarez, I was born in Venezuela and I’m someone who has been through a lot during my life and those experiences have marked me in a certain way, helping me build me as a person and growing up as a better man, learning how to face my fears and achieving goals. I consider myself as a very kind person who always have the will to help someone in need, I think this characteristic of my personality has been there since I was little, and was influenced by my family, to be later practiced…

In terms of manipulating the choice set, Chavez did not necessarily have to seek out fully discrediting other political opponents, for some managed to give themselves a bad reputation by becoming nondemocratic in the process of attacking Chavez. However, Chavez did manipulate constitutional rules for his own political gain, and essentially limiting the amount of opportunity for opposition parties to challenge Chavez. Examples of actions Chavez took in this process are “banning opponents,…