A Decade of Hugo Chávez
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez represents ideas - a preference for revolution over reform, and the belief that Yankee imperialism solely responsible for Latin America’s problems - that have long stifled the region's political and economic growth. But his ten years in power also serve as a warning to those who would ignore the need to address social inequality.
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SAN JOSE – We should have known that something was amiss when, during President Hugo Chávez’s inauguration on February 2, 1999, he swore on Venezuela’s 40-year-old Constitution by declaring it “moribund.”