Hugo chavez biography facts
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The images in this dossier are from the third Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements in Argentina in , gathering over delegates from 20 countries. The video for which these images were initially produced features a montage of people at the conference holding up ‘Chávez eyes’ in front of their faces. The famed image first appeared in , during Hugo Chávez’s final presidential campaign: a set of stylised eyes placed against a red background, with his signature and a black star in the corner, no election slogans in sight. Chávez’s eyes affirm his presence amongst the people, protection of the country, and vision for the future. The iconic image has since been reproduced on posters, t-shirts, building façades, and street graffiti, becoming a popularised symbol of Chavismo that has endured beyond his own lifetime. Like in the video (produced by Comuna AV), people continue to hold up this image even a decade after his departure to collectively declare that Chávez lives in the people.
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Hugo Chávez
President of Venezuela from to
For other people named Hugo Chávez, see Hugo Chávez (disambiguation).
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías[b] (; Spanish:[]ⓘ; 28 July &#;– 5 March ) was a Venezuelan politician, revolutionary, and military officer who served as the 52nd president of Venezuela from until his death in , except for a brief period of forty-seven hours in Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in until , when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until
Born into a middle-class family in Sabaneta, Barinas, Chávez became a career military officer. After becoming dissatisfied with the Venezuelan political struktur based on the Puntofijo Pact,[1] he founded the clandestine Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement (MBR) in the early s. Chávez led the MBR in its unsuccessful coup d'état against the Democratic Action government of Pr
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Early life of Hugo Chávez
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| Born | Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías ()28 July Sabaneta, Venezuela |
| Died | 5 March () (aged&#;58) Caracas, Venezuela |
The early life of Hugo Chávez spans the first twenty-one years (–) of the former President of Venezuela's life. Leader of the "Bolivarian Revolution", Hugo Chávez is known for his socialist governance, his promotion of Latin American integration, and his radical critique of neoliberalglobalization and United States foreign policy.[1]
Born on 28 July 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. In his college years, Chávez began associating with leftists and gained exposure to various Latin American populist leaders—including Juan Velasco Alvarado and Omar Torri