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  1. Hugo Chávez
    President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

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      • Education: Earned degree from Military Academy of Venezuela, 1975; Sim ó n Bol í var University, graduate degree, international relations Military Service: Venezuelan Army; held rank of lieutenant-colonel by 1990; commander of paratrooper unit.
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  2. May 16, 2024 · Supporters of Hugo Chávez credit his administration with creating successful education programs, increasing access to health care, lowering unemployment, and reducing poverty in Venezuela. His opponents blamed him for shortages of basic foods, high inflation, a stubbornly high infant mortality rate, and weakening democracy .

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    Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈuɣo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβes ˈfɾi.as] ⓘ; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician and military officer who served as president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period of forty-seven hours in 2002.

  4. Mar 6, 2013 · Hugo Chavez's 14 years in power saw poverty reduced and literacy increased but his Bolivarian revolution leaves many challenges for his successor, writes Latin America analyst Victor...

  5. The Education of Hugo Chávez: Unraveling Venezuela’s Revolutionary Path | VQR Online. By Brian A. Nelson. ISSUE: Spring 2011. In the spring of 1999, newly-elected Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez sent a letter to a man serving a life sentence in a French prison.

  6. Although Chávez enjoyed the support of the working class for his spending on education, food coupons, and social services, other Venezuelans opposed his programs, and in 2001 the implementation of his economic reforms prompted massive protests and strikes.

  7. May 18, 2018 · Education: Earned degree from Military Academy of Venezuela, 1975; Sim ó n Bol í var University, graduate degree, international relations Military Service: Venezuelan Army; held rank of lieutenant-colonel by 1990; commander of paratrooper unit. Religion: Roman Catholic. Politics: Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement; Fifth Republic Movement.

  8. [1] Born on 28 July 1954 in rural Sabaneta, Chávez was raised in a poor family in the rural llanos ( plains) region of the Venezuelan interior. Chávez later lived with his grandmother and rose through school to obtain entry into the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences as a cadet.