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| − | Hugo Chávez is the | + | Hugo Chávez is the President of the Bolivarian Republic of [[Venezuela]]. He was born on July 28, 1954. Chávez was elected President in 1998 on promises of aiding Venezuela's poor majority, and was reelected in 2000 and in 2006. Chávez has launched Bolivarian Missions, whose 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", and has advocated cooperation among the world's poor nations, especially those in Latin America. |
Through Venezuala's state owned petroleum industry and membership in [[OPEC]], Chávez has now used powers granted to him by Parliament to set oil prices at a higher price, stimulating the economy and providing more money for the Bolivarianist projects. Countries such as the United States have criticised Chávez over the increase in cost for crude oil, even though Hugo Chavez cut the price of Crude oil headed for the United States after Hurricane Katrina. | Through Venezuala's state owned petroleum industry and membership in [[OPEC]], Chávez has now used powers granted to him by Parliament to set oil prices at a higher price, stimulating the economy and providing more money for the Bolivarianist projects. Countries such as the United States have criticised Chávez over the increase in cost for crude oil, even though Hugo Chavez cut the price of Crude oil headed for the United States after Hurricane Katrina. | ||
Revision as of 09:40, March 13, 2007
Hugo Chávez is the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. He was born on July 28, 1954. Chávez was elected President in 1998 on promises of aiding Venezuela's poor majority, and was reelected in 2000 and in 2006. Chávez has launched Bolivarian Missions, whose 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", and has advocated cooperation among the world's poor nations, especially those in Latin America.
Through Venezuala's state owned petroleum industry and membership in OPEC, Chávez has now used powers granted to him by Parliament to set oil prices at a higher price, stimulating the economy and providing more money for the Bolivarianist projects. Countries such as the United States have criticised Chávez over the increase in cost for crude oil, even though Hugo Chavez cut the price of Crude oil headed for the United States after Hurricane Katrina.
The United States of America and Venezuela's foreign relations at the best of times are unstable. This is understandable seeing as Hugo Chavez continously critisizes the United States for it's 'Imperalism' on his radio segment 'Alo Presidente' and the United States's support of the 2002 coup in Venezuala, toppling Chávez and replacing him with a dictatoral government. (Which was then toppled shortly after by the Chávez supporters, also known as 'Chávistas'). However, Venezuala and the United States remain friendly trading partners when it comes to imports and exports.
Hugo Chávez is a great friend of Fidel Castro and is said to have drawn his political style through influences such as Che Guevara, Karl Marx and his most talked about, Simon Bolivar (Who he named his democratic socialist style after).
Further reading
- [1] An in depth view on Venezuala under Hugo Chávez.
