Hugo Chavez

Date of Birth:

28-Jul-1954

Nationality:

Venezuela

Profession:

Politician

Born in Sabaneta, Venezuela, on July 28, 1954, Hugo Chávez attended the Venezuelan military academy and served as an army officer before participating in an effort to overthrow the government in 1992, for which he was sentenced to two years in prison. Chávez became president of Venezuela in 1999. Early into his presidency, he created a new constitution for the country, which included changing its name to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. He later focused his efforts on gaining control of the state-run oil company, which stirred controversy and led to protests, strained relations with the United States and other nations, and Chávez briefly being removed from power. His actions included selling oil to Cuba and resisting efforts to stop narcotic trafficking in Colombia. In 2006, Chávez helped create the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, a socialist free-trade organization. He died on March 5, 2013, at age 58, following a long battle with cancer.

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"There is film of the Americans landing on the moon. Does that mean the moon shot really happened? In the film, the Yanqui flag is flying straight out. So, is there wind on the moon?"

"There is no doubt whatsoever that the U.S. government, lead by Mr. Bush, planned and participated in a coup d'etat in Venezuela in April, 2002."

"That’s right; put on the steam, fasten down the escape-valve, and sit on it, and see there you’ll land."

"The United States is the biggest spender of oil and of all the planet resources. Oil is a very valuable resource for life - electric heaters. We must have to transition ourselves to a post-oil era."

"Aristotle might not recognize it, or others who are at the root of democracy. What type of democracy do you impose with marines and bombs?"

"In my opinion, Obama can become one of the biggest frustrations in the history for many people, not for me, but for the people of the United States that voted for him and saw him as a symbol of hope for change."

"I will be very sad and worried if the imperialist government was calling me a great democratic man."

"Raul Reyes was a good revolutionary. I knew him personally."

"The United States was born with an imperialist impulse. There has been a long confrontation between Monroe and Bolivar... It is necessary that the Monroe Doctrine be broken."

"I don't know anything about Osama Bin Laden that doesn't come to me through the filter of the West and its propaganda."

"The media has for us a fundamental priority because it is a weapon for the ideological struggle and a weapon to express to the people the hope that we all have."