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2 days ago · Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈuɣo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβes ˈfɾi.as] ⓘ; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician and military officer who served as president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period of forty-seven hours in 2002.
3 days ago · Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela (1999–2013) who styled himself as the leader of the socialist Bolivarian Revolution.
Jul 18, 2024 · Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University. Director, Latin American and Caribbean Program, The Carter Center. Author of Venezuelan Democracy Under Stress. Jennifer L. McCoy • All. Fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
2 days ago · Hugo Chávez - Venezuelan Leader, Socialism, Revolution: Chávez took office in February 1999. During his first year in office, his approval rating reached 80 percent, and his platform—which advocated an end to corruption, increased spending on social programs, and redistribution of the country’s oil wealth—was widely applauded.
1 day ago · A former bus driver in the capital city of Caracas, Maduro was a longtime supporter of the late Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s hugely popular socialist president. The political movement Chavez forged ...
Jul 17, 2024 · One of his campaign promises was to convene a new constitutional convention, [28] and on 15 December 1999 he put the new Constitution of Venezuela to the voters in a referendum. Following the 1999 constitutional referendum, Chávez was reelected in 2000 under the terms of the new constitution.
2 days ago · Douglas Hernández, 54, and Cleimer Márquez, 49, were comrades in Chavismo. They were members of Hugo Chávez’s first party, Movimiento V República, and rose in the community structures in Antímano, considered a United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV, the ruling party) stronghold in Caracas, a bastion of the government for years.
