Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez has seen it move dramatically from success to failure and back again since his landslide victory in Venezuelas 1998 presidential election. ... Chavez proved unable to bridge the huge gap between the countrys rich and poor, his combative rhetoric alienated and alarmed the countrys traditional business and political elite. When Mr Chavez came to power, the old Venezuelan order was falling apart. ... Hugo Chavez promised "revolutionary" social policies, and constantly abused the "predatory oligarchs" of the establishment as corrupt servants of international capital. Hugo Chavez has seen it move dramatically from success to failure and back again since his landslide victory in Venezuelas 1998 presidential election. ... Chavez proved unable to bridge the huge gap between the countrys rich and poor, his combative rhetoric alienated and alarmed the countrys traditional business and political elite. When Mr Chavez came to power, the old Venezuelan order was falling apart. ... Hugo Chavez promised "revolutionary" social policies, and constantly abused the "predatory oligarchs" of the establishment as corrupt servants of international capital. Hugo Chavez has seen it move dramatically from success to failure and back again since his landslide victory in Venezuelas 1998 presidential election. ... Chavez proved unable to bridge the huge gap between the countrys rich and poor, his combative rhetoric alienated and alarmed the countrys traditional business and political elite. When Mr Chavez came to power, the old Venezuelan order was falling apart. ... Hugo Chavez promised "revolutionary" social policies, and constantly abused the "predatory oligarchs" of the establishment as corrupt servants of international capital. Hugo Chavez has seen it move dramatically from success to failure and back again since his landslide victory in Venezuelas 1998 presidential election.