| − | Chavez was known to be fiercely [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic]],<ref>Travis Pantin, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080914010858/http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/hugo-ch-vez-s-jewish-problem-11455 Hugo Chávez's Jewish Problem], ''Commentary Magazine'', July/August 2008</ref> which was the likely reason for his friendship and political alliance with Iranian dictator and [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust denier]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR2008020402428.html</ref> As a result of the anti-Semitic policies of the Chavez regime and the wave of violent attacks on Venezuelan Jews that it caused, the [[Jewish]] population of Venezuela decreased by more than 50 percent within a decade of Chavez coming to power.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20160407204756/http://www.worldjewishdaily.com/venezuela.php</ref> | + | Chavez was known to be fiercely [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic]],<ref>Travis Pantin, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080914010858/http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/hugo-ch-vez-s-jewish-problem-11455 Hugo Chávez's Jewish Problem], ''Commentary Magazine'', July/August 2008</ref> which was the likely reason for his friendship and political alliance with Iranian dictator and [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust denier]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR2008020402428.html</ref> As a result of the anti-Semitic policies of the Chavez regime and the wave of violent attacks on Venezuelan Jews that it caused, the [[Jewish]] population of Venezuela decreased by more than 50 percent within a decade of Chavez coming to power.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20160407204756/http://www.worldjewishdaily.com/venezuela.php Venezuela’s Jewish Population Down 50 Percent; ‘Hitler Didn’t Finish the Job’ a Common Site], WotldJewishDaily, Apr 7, 2016.</ref> |