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Chávez did some other things, like [[BannedInChina banning]] [[MediaWatchdog violent video games]] due to ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}} 2'' having Venezuela as its setting and its president (who, ironically, was overthrown by a man more similar to Carmona than the man himself) as the main antagonist (not that it stopped the game from being sold through piracy or regular means), almost getting into a war with UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}} due to disputes with President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, supporting the Marxist terrorist group FARC in its war against the Colombian government, making the currency exchange rate [[TheScottishTrope illegal to mention]], and many corruption scandals perpetrated by men who worked for him, among other things. Again, ItsALongStory.
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Chávez did some other things, like [[BannedInChina banning]] [[MediaWatchdog violent video games]] due to ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}} 2'' having Venezuela as its setting and its president (who, ironically, was overthrown by a man more similar to Carmona than the man himself) as the main antagonist (not that it stopped the game from being sold through piracy or regular means), almost getting into a war with UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}} due to disputes with President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, supporting the Marxist terrorist group FARC in its war against the Colombian government, making the currency exchange rate [[TheScottishTrope illegal to mention]], and many corruption scandals perpetrated by men who worked for him, among other things. Again, ItsALongStory.
ItsALongStory. He also [[ArsonMurderingAndJaywalking changed the coat of arms of Venezuela]] by replacing the previous image of a horse running to the right while looking backward with one running to the left and looking forward, as well as adding a machete and a bow to the array of weapons depicted behind the Venezuelan flag.[[note]]Chávez himself said that the horse was because his daughter pointed out that it was looking backward, though it's presumed changing the direction it's running was because of his own left-wing politics. The machete and bow were explained as honoring peasant rebellions and Native American warriors who fought against colonization, respectively.[[/note]]
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He became well-known internationally due to his statements against the United States, which was at the time [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror waging war in Iraq]], whose government he blamed (perhaps rightly, at least in part) for the coup against him, and who he repeatedly referred to as TheEmpire. He infamously called UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush "the devil" and "Mister Danger", which was the name of a drunken, EvilColonialist character in [[Literature/DonaBarbara a Venezuelan novel]]. He proposed a reform to the then-current constitution in late 2007, which would have further enshrined socialism in the country's culture, but narrowly lost (this was his first electoral defeat). [[SoreLoser He didn't take this well at all, calling it a "shitty victory" for the opposition]], and prompted him to tighten his commanding stance and practices ever since.
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He became well-known internationally due to his statements against the United States, which was at the time [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror waging war in Iraq]], whose government he blamed (perhaps rightly, at least in part) for the coup against him, and who he repeatedly referred to as TheEmpire. He infamously called UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush "the devil" and "Mister Danger", which was the name of a drunken, EvilColonialist character in [[Literature/DonaBarbara a Venezuelan novel]]. He proposed a reform to the then-current constitution in late 2007, which would have further enshrined socialism in the country's culture, but narrowly lost (this was his first electoral defeat). [[SoreLoser He didn't take this well at all, calling it a "shitty victory" for the opposition]], opposition, and prompted him to tighten his commanding stance and practices ever since.
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Pro-Chávez people, on the other hand, argue that, while there certainly was some internal mismanagement by his administration, his government reduced wealth inequality somewhat, that Venezuela's economy was prosperous by the standards of the region under Chávez, and that severe sanctions imposed by UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates bear a considerable amount of responsibility for many of contemporary Venezuela's economic hardships. And even under Chávez (before the worst of the sanctions), relations with the United States were not exactly warm and fuzzy. Given the CIA's known history of backing coups in Latin America against left-wing governments (whether democratic or not), this didn't do wonders for political stability in the country.
Wherever one falls on the issue, Chávez was still popular, thanks in part to genuine progress against wealth inequality, illiteracy, and medical precarity. Chávez led Venezuela for nearly fifteen years against a political opposition that was, frankly, useless against him, and he would eagerly remind people of the dire straits the country was in a decade before and that [[ScareEmStraight it would happen again]] should the opposition win. During the 2005 parliamentary elections, the opposition abstained, citing the controversy around the 2004 referendum, and controlled the parliament completely. During the 2006 presidential election, Manuel Rosales, an uncharismatic man known for {{malaproper}}s such as "we will improve insecurity", challenged him. Very often the opposition groups would become [[WeAreStrugglingTogether unable to form agreements and work together against Chávez]] in addition to their individual failings.
He became well-known internationally due to his statements against the United States, which was at the time [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror waging war in Iraq]], whose government he blamed (perhaps rightly, at least in part) for the coup against him, and who he repeatedly referred to as TheEmpire. He infamously called UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush "the devil" and "Mister Danger", which was the name of a drunken, EvilColonialist character in [[Literature/DonaBarbara a Venezuelan novel]]. He proposed a reform to the then-current constitution in late 2007, which would have further embraced the country as a socialist nation, but narrowly lost (this was his first electoral defeat). [[SoreLoser He didn't take this well at all, calling it a "shitty victory" for the opposition]], and prompted him to tighten his commanding stance and practices ever since.
Chávez did some other things, like [[BannedInChina banning]] [[MediaWatchdog violent video games]] due to ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}} 2'' having Venezuela as its setting and its president (which, ironically, was overthrown by a man more similar to Carmona than the man himself) as the main antagonist (not that it stopped the game from being sold through piracy or regular means), almost getting into a war with UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}} due to disputes with President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, supporting the Marxist terrorist group FARC in its war against the Colombian government, making the currency exchange rate [[TheScottishTrope illegal to mention]], and many corruption scandals perpetrated by men who worked for him, among other things. Again, it's ItsALongStory.
Wherever one falls on the issue, Chávez was still popular, thanks in part to genuine progress against wealth inequality, illiteracy, and medical precarity. Chávez led Venezuela for nearly fifteen years against a political opposition that was, frankly, useless against him, and he would eagerly remind people of the dire straits the country was in a decade before and that [[ScareEmStraight it would happen again]] should the opposition win. During the 2005 parliamentary elections, the opposition abstained, citing the controversy around the 2004 referendum, and controlled the parliament completely. During the 2006 presidential election, Manuel Rosales, an uncharismatic man known for {{malaproper}}s such as "we will improve insecurity", challenged him. Very often the opposition groups would become [[WeAreStrugglingTogether unable to form agreements and work together against Chávez]] in addition to their individual failings.
He became well-known internationally due to his statements against the United States, which was at the time [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror waging war in Iraq]], whose government he blamed (perhaps rightly, at least in part) for the coup against him, and who he repeatedly referred to as TheEmpire. He infamously called UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush "the devil" and "Mister Danger", which was the name of a drunken, EvilColonialist character in [[Literature/DonaBarbara a Venezuelan novel]]. He proposed a reform to the then-current constitution in late 2007, which would have further embraced the country as a socialist nation, but narrowly lost (this was his first electoral defeat). [[SoreLoser He didn't take this well at all, calling it a "shitty victory" for the opposition]], and prompted him to tighten his commanding stance and practices ever since.
Chávez did some other things, like [[BannedInChina banning]] [[MediaWatchdog violent video games]] due to ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}} 2'' having Venezuela as its setting and its president (which, ironically, was overthrown by a man more similar to Carmona than the man himself) as the main antagonist (not that it stopped the game from being sold through piracy or regular means), almost getting into a war with UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}} due to disputes with President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, supporting the Marxist terrorist group FARC in its war against the Colombian government, making the currency exchange rate [[TheScottishTrope illegal to mention]], and many corruption scandals perpetrated by men who worked for him, among other things. Again, it's ItsALongStory.
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Pro-Chávez people, on the other hand, argue that, while there certainly was some internal mismanagement by his administration, his government reduced wealth inequality somewhat, that Venezuela's economy was prosperous by the standards of the region under Chávez, and that severe sanctions imposed by UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates bear a considerable amount of responsibility for many of contemporary Venezuela's economic hardships. And even under Chávez (before the worst of the sanctions), relations with the United States were not exactly warm and fuzzy. Given the CIA's known history of backing coups in Latin America against left-wing governments (whether democratic or not), this didn't do wonders for political stability in the country.
Wherever one falls on the issue, Chávez was still popular, thanks in part to genuine progress against wealth inequality, illiteracy, and medical precarity. Chávez led Venezuela for nearly fifteen years against a political opposition that was, frankly, useless against him, and he would eagerly remind people of the dire straits the country was in a decade before and that [[ScareEmStraight it would happen again]] should the opposition win. During the 2005 parliamentary elections, the opposition abstained, citing the controversy around the 2004 referendum, and controlled the parliament completely. During the 2006 presidential election, Manuel Rosales, an uncharismatic man known for {{malaproper}}s such as "we will improve insecurity", challengedhim. Very often him; coincidentally or not, Chávez won his biggest victory that year, carrying all 23 of Venezuela's states. Frequently, the opposition groups would become [[WeAreStrugglingTogether unable to form agreements and work together against Chávez]] in addition to their individual failings.
He became well-known internationally due to his statements against the United States, which was at the time [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror waging war in Iraq]], whose government he blamed (perhaps rightly, at least in part) for the coup against him, and who he repeatedly referred to as TheEmpire. He infamously called UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush "the devil" and "Mister Danger", which was the name of a drunken, EvilColonialist character in [[Literature/DonaBarbara a Venezuelan novel]]. He proposed a reform to the then-current constitution in late 2007, which would have furtherembraced enshrined socialism in the country as a socialist nation, country's culture, but narrowly lost (this was his first electoral defeat). [[SoreLoser He didn't take this well at all, calling it a "shitty victory" for the opposition]], and prompted him to tighten his commanding stance and practices ever since.
Chávez did some other things, like [[BannedInChina banning]] [[MediaWatchdog violent video games]] due to ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}} 2'' having Venezuela as its setting and its president(which, (who, ironically, was overthrown by a man more similar to Carmona than the man himself) as the main antagonist (not that it stopped the game from being sold through piracy or regular means), almost getting into a war with UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}} due to disputes with President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, supporting the Marxist terrorist group FARC in its war against the Colombian government, making the currency exchange rate [[TheScottishTrope illegal to mention]], and many corruption scandals perpetrated by men who worked for him, among other things. Again, it's ItsALongStory.
Wherever one falls on the issue, Chávez was still popular, thanks in part to genuine progress against wealth inequality, illiteracy, and medical precarity. Chávez led Venezuela for nearly fifteen years against a political opposition that was, frankly, useless against him, and he would eagerly remind people of the dire straits the country was in a decade before and that [[ScareEmStraight it would happen again]] should the opposition win. During the 2005 parliamentary elections, the opposition abstained, citing the controversy around the 2004 referendum, and controlled the parliament completely. During the 2006 presidential election, Manuel Rosales, an uncharismatic man known for {{malaproper}}s such as "we will improve insecurity", challenged
He became well-known internationally due to his statements against the United States, which was at the time [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror waging war in Iraq]], whose government he blamed (perhaps rightly, at least in part) for the coup against him, and who he repeatedly referred to as TheEmpire. He infamously called UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush "the devil" and "Mister Danger", which was the name of a drunken, EvilColonialist character in [[Literature/DonaBarbara a Venezuelan novel]]. He proposed a reform to the then-current constitution in late 2007, which would have further
Chávez did some other things, like [[BannedInChina banning]] [[MediaWatchdog violent video games]] due to ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}} 2'' having Venezuela as its setting and its president
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* ''Mi amigo Hugo'' (My friend Hugo), Hugo) is a documentary in tribute of the late ex-president made by Stone.
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Hugo Rafael Chávez Frias (28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was the president of UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} from 1999 until his death in 2013. A [[FlameBait controversial]] figure known for his [[LargeHam bombastic speeches]], Chávez was the head of a socialist movement who wanted to implement what he called "Socialism of the 21st Century", which meant helping the poor in Venezuela, and stop the [[CapitalismIsBad evil of capitalism]].
At least, that's the short version. [[ItsALongStory Let's try to expand that.]]
At least, that's the short version. [[ItsALongStory Let's try to expand that.]]
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Hugo Rafael Chávez Frias (28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was the president of UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} from 1999 until his death in 2013. A [[FlameBait controversial]] figure known for his [[LargeHam bombastic speeches]], Chávez was the head of a socialist movement who wanted to implement what he called "Socialism of the 21st Century", which meant helping the poor in Venezuela, and stop the [[CapitalismIsBad evil of capitalism]].
At least, that's the short version. [[ItsALongStory Let'stry to expand that.that a little.]]
At least, that's the short version. [[ItsALongStory Let's
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After becoming president in 1999, Chávez set out to change the Venezuelan constitution, amending the powers of Congress and the judicial system. As part of the new constitution, the country was [[MeaningfulRename renamed]] the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (it had been just the "Republic of Venezuela" since 1953).
As president, Chávez encountered challenges both at home and abroad. From the get-go, he was controversial due to his mannerisms and fiery rhetoric. His efforts to tighten his hold on the state-run oil company in 2001 stirred up controversy and led to massive protests, headed by large parts of civil society but especially the business and worker unions, eventually finding himself removed from power briefly in April 2002 by military leaders (making the business union head Pedro Carmona Estanga president for just under 48 hours). The protests continued after his return to power, leading to a referendum on whether Chávez should remain president. The referendum vote was held in August 2004, and 58 percent of voters decided to let Chávez complete his term in office, although claims of unfair conditions in his favor marked the occasion.
During his government, Chávez created and expanded many social works for the benefit of the poor, including special works to teach them how to read and write, to give them a proper education, and special programs to help the ill. He also starred in a television program on national television named "Aló Presidente" (''Hello Mister President''), where he would do anything: speak, sing, etc. Sometimes he could go on for hours doing this.
His rule continued to be controversial, however.
Chávez started to take away the ownership of many private companies (including things like supermarkets), which is common practice when enacting a revolutionary socialist agenda. The anti-Chávez camp argue that the nationalized companies went bankrupt due to mismanagement, needing subsidies to keep existing, causing public services to deteriorate and several basic products, [[PottyEmergency like toilet paper]], to become scarce. Further, they argue that a longstanding price control scheme caused capital flight, hyperinflation, and massive corruption. The oil industry also deteriorated due to a paradoxical combination of overreliance on oil revenues (which constituted over 80 percent of public revenue) and underinvestment in the country's oil infrastructure, due to his seizures driving away foreign expertise and capital, and him trying to turn the oil industry into a jobs program rather than a profitable enterprise. All this arguably made the economy grow worse.
On the other hand, the pro-Chávez camp argue that, while there certainly was some internal mismanagement by his administration, his government was overall successful in alleviating wealth inequality, that Venezuela's economy was prosperous by the standards of the region under Chávez, and that many of Venezuela's modern day economic hardships could be blamed on the severe sanctions inflicted on its economy by the United States. And even under Chávez (before the worst of the sanctions), relations with the United States were not exactly warm and fuzzy. Given the CIA's very real history of backing coups in Latin America against left wing governments, this didn't do wonders for political stability in the country.
Wherever one falls on the issue, Chávez was still popular, thanks in part to genuine progress against wealth inequality, illiteracy, and medical precarity. Chávez led Venezuela for many years, against a political opposition that was, frankly, quite useless against him, and he would eagerly remind people of the harsh conditions the country was in a decade before and that [[ScareEmStraight it would happen again]] should the opposition win. During the 2005 parliamentary elections, the opposition abstained, citing the controversy around the 2004 referendum, and controlled the parliament completely. During the 2006 presidential election, a politician named Manuel Rosales, known for {{malaproper}}s such as "we will improve insecurity", challenged him. Very often the opposition groups would become [[WeAreStrugglingTogether unable to form agreements and work together against Chávez]] in addition to their individual failings.
He became well known internationally due to his statements against the United States, who were at the time [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror waging war in Iraq]], who he blamed (perhaps rightly, at least in part) for the coup against him, and who he repeatedly referred to as TheEmpire. He infamously called UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush "the devil" and "Mister Danger", which was the name of a drunk, EvilColonialist character in [[Literature/DonaBarbara a book]]. He proposed a reform to the then-current constitution in late 2007, which would have further embraced the country as a socialist nation, but narrowly lost (becoming his first electoral defeat). [[SoreLoser He didn't take this well at all, calling it a "shitty victory" for the opposition]], and prompted him to tighten his socialist stance and practices ever since.
Chávez did some other things, like [[BannedInChina banning]] [[MediaWatchdog violent video games]] due to ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}} 2'' having Venezuela as its setting and its president (which, ironically, was overthorwn by a man more similar to Carmona than the man himself) as the main antagonist (not that it stopped the game from being sold through piracy or regular means), almost getting into a war with UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}} due to disputes with President Alvaro Uribe Velez, supporting the Marxist terrorist group FARC in its war against the Colombian government, making the currency exchange rate [[TheScottishTrope illegal to mention]], having many of the men working for him being on corruption scandals, among other things. Again, it's ItsALongStory.
Chávez, despite having cancer in 2012, decided to run for president for a third time and, shortly after winning, died, and left his vice president Nicolás Maduro to become his successor. Maduro maintained his policies, and modern day Venezuela is in the midst of a prolonged economic crisis. How much of the blame should be pointed at Maduro's policies, at external sanctions on Venezuela, at the challenges a relatively impoverished petrol state faces in diversifying its industries (the oil dollar is prone to extreme fluctuations), or at some combination of the three, is a matter of intense debate.
And then, Chávez was reborn as a little bird in his hometown, singing beautifully to his successor. At least, according to Maduro. ''We seriously wish'' we were joking, but [[RunningGag yet again that's]] AnotherStoryForAnotherTime.
!!Chávez appears in the following works
* Chávez is the VillainProtagonist of the narco-inspired series ''Series/ElComandante''. [[BannedInChina The series was banned before being released]] by the Venezuelan goverment, due to "offending the memory of the Comandante", and due to Venezuela not allowing narco series on national television. ItsALongStory, but the fact that Chávez is portrayed by Andrés Parra, a Colombian actor best known for having portrayed notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar on another narco series, probably will give you a good idea of how Chávez is portrayed in this series.
As president, Chávez encountered challenges both at home and abroad. From the get-go, he was controversial due to his mannerisms and fiery rhetoric. His efforts to tighten his hold on the state-run oil company in 2001 stirred up controversy and led to massive protests, headed by large parts of civil society but especially the business and worker unions, eventually finding himself removed from power briefly in April 2002 by military leaders (making the business union head Pedro Carmona Estanga president for just under 48 hours). The protests continued after his return to power, leading to a referendum on whether Chávez should remain president. The referendum vote was held in August 2004, and 58 percent of voters decided to let Chávez complete his term in office, although claims of unfair conditions in his favor marked the occasion.
During his government, Chávez created and expanded many social works for the benefit of the poor, including special works to teach them how to read and write, to give them a proper education, and special programs to help the ill. He also starred in a television program on national television named "Aló Presidente" (''Hello Mister President''), where he would do anything: speak, sing, etc. Sometimes he could go on for hours doing this.
His rule continued to be controversial, however.
Chávez started to take away the ownership of many private companies (including things like supermarkets), which is common practice when enacting a revolutionary socialist agenda. The anti-Chávez camp argue that the nationalized companies went bankrupt due to mismanagement, needing subsidies to keep existing, causing public services to deteriorate and several basic products, [[PottyEmergency like toilet paper]], to become scarce. Further, they argue that a longstanding price control scheme caused capital flight, hyperinflation, and massive corruption. The oil industry also deteriorated due to a paradoxical combination of overreliance on oil revenues (which constituted over 80 percent of public revenue) and underinvestment in the country's oil infrastructure, due to his seizures driving away foreign expertise and capital, and him trying to turn the oil industry into a jobs program rather than a profitable enterprise. All this arguably made the economy grow worse.
On the other hand, the pro-Chávez camp argue that, while there certainly was some internal mismanagement by his administration, his government was overall successful in alleviating wealth inequality, that Venezuela's economy was prosperous by the standards of the region under Chávez, and that many of Venezuela's modern day economic hardships could be blamed on the severe sanctions inflicted on its economy by the United States. And even under Chávez (before the worst of the sanctions), relations with the United States were not exactly warm and fuzzy. Given the CIA's very real history of backing coups in Latin America against left wing governments, this didn't do wonders for political stability in the country.
Wherever one falls on the issue, Chávez was still popular, thanks in part to genuine progress against wealth inequality, illiteracy, and medical precarity. Chávez led Venezuela for many years, against a political opposition that was, frankly, quite useless against him, and he would eagerly remind people of the harsh conditions the country was in a decade before and that [[ScareEmStraight it would happen again]] should the opposition win. During the 2005 parliamentary elections, the opposition abstained, citing the controversy around the 2004 referendum, and controlled the parliament completely. During the 2006 presidential election, a politician named Manuel Rosales, known for {{malaproper}}s such as "we will improve insecurity", challenged him. Very often the opposition groups would become [[WeAreStrugglingTogether unable to form agreements and work together against Chávez]] in addition to their individual failings.
He became well known internationally due to his statements against the United States, who were at the time [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror waging war in Iraq]], who he blamed (perhaps rightly, at least in part) for the coup against him, and who he repeatedly referred to as TheEmpire. He infamously called UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush "the devil" and "Mister Danger", which was the name of a drunk, EvilColonialist character in [[Literature/DonaBarbara a book]]. He proposed a reform to the then-current constitution in late 2007, which would have further embraced the country as a socialist nation, but narrowly lost (becoming his first electoral defeat). [[SoreLoser He didn't take this well at all, calling it a "shitty victory" for the opposition]], and prompted him to tighten his socialist stance and practices ever since.
Chávez did some other things, like [[BannedInChina banning]] [[MediaWatchdog violent video games]] due to ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}} 2'' having Venezuela as its setting and its president (which, ironically, was overthorwn by a man more similar to Carmona than the man himself) as the main antagonist (not that it stopped the game from being sold through piracy or regular means), almost getting into a war with UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}} due to disputes with President Alvaro Uribe Velez, supporting the Marxist terrorist group FARC in its war against the Colombian government, making the currency exchange rate [[TheScottishTrope illegal to mention]], having many of the men working for him being on corruption scandals, among other things. Again, it's ItsALongStory.
Chávez, despite having cancer in 2012, decided to run for president for a third time and, shortly after winning, died, and left his vice president Nicolás Maduro to become his successor. Maduro maintained his policies, and modern day Venezuela is in the midst of a prolonged economic crisis. How much of the blame should be pointed at Maduro's policies, at external sanctions on Venezuela, at the challenges a relatively impoverished petrol state faces in diversifying its industries (the oil dollar is prone to extreme fluctuations), or at some combination of the three, is a matter of intense debate.
And then, Chávez was reborn as a little bird in his hometown, singing beautifully to his successor. At least, according to Maduro. ''We seriously wish'' we were joking, but [[RunningGag yet again that's]] AnotherStoryForAnotherTime.
!!Chávez appears in the following works
* Chávez is the VillainProtagonist of the narco-inspired series ''Series/ElComandante''. [[BannedInChina The series was banned before being released]] by the Venezuelan goverment, due to "offending the memory of the Comandante", and due to Venezuela not allowing narco series on national television. ItsALongStory, but the fact that Chávez is portrayed by Andrés Parra, a Colombian actor best known for having portrayed notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar on another narco series, probably will give you a good idea of how Chávez is portrayed in this series.
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After becoming president in 1999, Chávez set out convened an assembly to change the Venezuelan constitution, amending the powers of Congress and the judicial system. As part of the new constitution, the country was [[MeaningfulRename renamed]] the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (it had been just the "Republic of Venezuela" since 1953).
As president, Chávez encountered challenges both at home and abroad. From the get-go, he was controversial due to his mannerisms and fiery rhetoric. His efforts to tighten his hold on the state-run oil company in 2001 stirred up controversy and led to massive protests, headed by large parts of civil society but especially the business and worker unions, eventually finding himself removed from power briefly in April 2002 by military leaders (making the business union head Pedro Carmona Estanga president for just under 48 hours). The protests continued after his return to power, leading to a referendum on whether Chávez should remain president. The referendum vote was held in August 2004, and 58 percent of voters decided to let Chávez completehis the term to which he'd been elected in office, 2000, although claims of unfair conditions in his favor marked the occasion.
During his government, Chávez created and expanded many socialworks programs for the benefit of the poor, including special works to teach them how to read especially in education and write, to give them a proper education, and special programs to help the ill.health care. He also starred in a television program on national television named "Aló Presidente" (''Hello Mister President''), where he would do anything: speak, sing, etc. Sometimes he could go on for hours doing this.
His rulecontinued to be was still controversial, however.
Chávez started to take away the ownership ofhowever. Chávez' government nationalized many private companies (including things like supermarkets), which is common practice when enacting a revolutionary socialist agenda. The anti-Chávez camp Anti-Chávez people argue that the nationalized companies went bankrupt due to mismanagement, needing subsidies to keep existing, causing public services to deteriorate and several basic products, [[PottyEmergency like toilet paper]], to become scarce. Further, they argue that a longstanding price control scheme caused capital flight, hyperinflation, and massive corruption. The oil industry also deteriorated due to a paradoxical combination of overreliance on oil revenues (which constituted over 80 percent of public revenue) and underinvestment in the country's oil infrastructure, due to his seizures driving away foreign expertise and capital, and him trying to turn the oil industry into a jobs program rather than a profitable enterprise. All this arguably made the economy grow worse.
On Pro-Chávez people, on the other hand, the pro-Chávez camp argue that, while there certainly was some internal mismanagement by his administration, his government was overall successful in alleviating reduced wealth inequality, inequality somewhat, that Venezuela's economy was prosperous by the standards of the region under Chávez, and that severe sanctions imposed by UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates bear a considerable amount of responsibility for many of contemporary Venezuela's modern day economic hardships could be blamed on the severe sanctions inflicted on its economy by the United States.hardships. And even under Chávez (before the worst of the sanctions), relations with the United States were not exactly warm and fuzzy. Given the CIA's very real known history of backing coups in Latin America against left wing governments, left-wing governments (whether democratic or not), this didn't do wonders for political stability in the country.
country.
Wherever one falls on the issue, Chávez was still popular, thanks in part to genuine progress against wealth inequality, illiteracy, and medical precarity. Chávez led Venezuela formany years, nearly fifteen years against a political opposition that was, frankly, quite useless against him, and he would eagerly remind people of the harsh conditions dire straits the country was in a decade before and that [[ScareEmStraight it would happen again]] should the opposition win. During the 2005 parliamentary elections, the opposition abstained, citing the controversy around the 2004 referendum, and controlled the parliament completely. During the 2006 presidential election, a politician named Manuel Rosales, an uncharismatic man known for {{malaproper}}s such as "we will improve insecurity", challenged him. Very often the opposition groups would become [[WeAreStrugglingTogether unable to form agreements and work together against Chávez]] in addition to their individual failings.
He becamewell known well-known internationally due to his statements against the United States, who were which was at the time [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror waging war in Iraq]], who whose government he blamed (perhaps rightly, at least in part) for the coup against him, and who he repeatedly referred to as TheEmpire. He infamously called UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush "the devil" and "Mister Danger", which was the name of a drunk, drunken, EvilColonialist character in [[Literature/DonaBarbara a book]]. Venezuelan novel]]. He proposed a reform to the then-current constitution in late 2007, which would have further embraced the country as a socialist nation, but narrowly lost (becoming (this was his first electoral defeat). [[SoreLoser He didn't take this well at all, calling it a "shitty victory" for the opposition]], and prompted him to tighten his socialist commanding stance and practices ever since.
Chávez did some other things, like [[BannedInChina banning]] [[MediaWatchdog violent video games]] due to ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}} 2'' having Venezuela as its setting and its president (which, ironically, wasoverthorwn overthrown by a man more similar to Carmona than the man himself) as the main antagonist (not that it stopped the game from being sold through piracy or regular means), almost getting into a war with UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}} due to disputes with President Alvaro Álvaro Uribe Velez, Vélez, supporting the Marxist terrorist group FARC in its war against the Colombian government, making the currency exchange rate [[TheScottishTrope illegal to mention]], having and many of the men working for him being on corruption scandals, scandals perpetrated by men who worked for him, among other things. Again, it's ItsALongStory.
Chávez, despite having cancer in 2012, decided to run for president for athird fourth time and, shortly after winning, died, and left his vice president Nicolás Maduro to become his successor. Maduro maintained his policies, and modern day modern-day Venezuela is in the midst of a prolonged economic crisis. How much of the blame should be pointed at Maduro's policies, at external sanctions on Venezuela, at the challenges a relatively impoverished petrol state petrostate faces in diversifying its industries (the oil dollar is prone to extreme fluctuations), or at some combination of the three, is a matter of intense debate.
debate.
And then, Chávez was reborn as a little bird in his hometown, singing beautifully to his successor. At least, according to Maduro. ''We seriously wish'' we were joking, but [[RunningGagyet again that's]] that too is]] AnotherStoryForAnotherTime.
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* Chávez is the VillainProtagonist of the narco-inspired series ''Series/ElComandante''. [[BannedInChina The series was banned before being released]] by the Venezuelangoverment, government, due to "offending the memory of the Comandante", and due to Venezuela not allowing narco series on national television. ItsALongStory, but the fact that Chávez is portrayed by Andrés Parra, a Colombian actor best known for having portrayed notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar on another narco series, probably will give you a good idea of how Chávez is portrayed in this series.
As president, Chávez encountered challenges both at home and abroad. From the get-go, he was controversial due to his mannerisms and fiery rhetoric. His efforts to tighten his hold on the state-run oil company in 2001 stirred up controversy and led to massive protests, headed by large parts of civil society but especially the business and worker unions, eventually finding himself removed from power briefly in April 2002 by military leaders (making the business union head Pedro Carmona Estanga president for just under 48 hours). The protests continued after his return to power, leading to a referendum on whether Chávez should remain president. The referendum vote was held in August 2004, and 58 percent of voters decided to let Chávez complete
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Chávez, despite having cancer in 2012, decided to run for president for a
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* Hugo Chávez appears as a heroic character in the Latin American postmodern fantasy novel ''United States of Banana'' by Giannina Braschi; Chávez leads left-wing Latin American leaders Evo Morales, Lula, UsefulNotes/FidelCastro, and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on a quest to liberate the people of Puerto Rico from the United States.
* Chávez, along many infamous world leaders, appears in the Japanese illustrated book ''In Female Form?! Biographies of World Dictators'', which includes a series of illustrations where the leaders are portrayed as anime girls. Chávez was noteworthy for having a [[BigBeautifulWoman really big body]] compared with the rest of the moe girls, but [[ShownTheirWork includes some well-researched insight]] of the man(?) himself, like the logo of his TV show, his tendency to wear the flag, etc. [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bb/35/f6/bb35f6ce75433ce89afb032f32f88e9c.jpg This is the illustration.]]
* Chávez is interviewed by Creator/OliverStone on the 2009 documentary ''South of the Borders'', along with some other South American presidents.
* Chávez, along many infamous world leaders, appears in the Japanese illustrated book ''In Female Form?! Biographies of World Dictators'', which includes a series of illustrations where the leaders are portrayed as anime girls. Chávez was noteworthy for having a [[BigBeautifulWoman really big body]] compared with the rest of the moe girls, but [[ShownTheirWork includes some well-researched insight]] of the man(?) himself, like the logo of his TV show, his tendency to wear the flag, etc. [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bb/35/f6/bb35f6ce75433ce89afb032f32f88e9c.jpg This is the illustration.]]
* Chávez is interviewed by Creator/OliverStone on the 2009 documentary ''South of the Borders'', along with some other South American presidents.
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