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[[Image:chavez.jpg|175px|right|thumb|Hugo Chavez]]
[[Image:chavez.jpg|175px|right|thumb|Hugo Chavez]]
'''Hugo Chávez''' (b. July 28, 1954) is the repressive [[leftist]] [[dictator]] of the Bolivarian Republic of [[Venezuela]]. Chávez assumed power as President in 1998 and pledged to aid Venezuela's poor majority. Elections were held in 2000 and in 2006 Chavez retained power. Chávez has launched Bolivarian Missions, whose alleged goals are to combat disease, illiteracy, malnutrition, poverty, and other "social ills". Chávez openly encourages alternative models of economic development than those of "United States' Capitalism".
'''Hugo Chávez''' (b. July 28, 1954) is the repressive [[leftist]] [[dictator]] of the Bolivarian Republic of [[Venezuela]]. Chávez assumed power as President in 1998 and pledged to aid Venezuela's poor majority. Elections were held in 2000 and in 2006 Chavez retained power. Chávez has launched Bolivarian Missions, whose alleged goals are to combat disease, illiteracy, malnutrition, poverty, and other "social ills". Chávez openly encourages alternative models of economic development than those of "United States' Capitalism".
==Election fraud==
Steven F. Hayward wrote:
* While exit polls conducted by the very reliable American firm of Penn, Schoen, and Berland showed Chavez losing by a large margin (59 – 41), the official results put Chavez free and clear by a vote of 58 to 41 percent. [http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=5A8D0094-4590-4DFB-A7F0-C2E06A6820FB]
==Human rights concerns==
==Human rights concerns==