Hugo Chávez: Strong Man of Latin American Politics Leaves Complicated Legacy

March 05, 2013 from The New York Times

Simon Romero, the New York Times's former Caracas bureau chief, reflects on the presidency and complicated legacy of Hugo Chávez, who died today aged 58. The Venezuelan leader rose from poverty to control a country with some of the world's largest oil reserves and was loved and hated in almost equal measure, both at home and abroad.

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Hugo Chávez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan politician who was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the Un... Explore this topic

Presidency of Hugo Chávez

Venezuela under the presidency of Hugo Chávez from 1999 to 2013 has seen sweeping and radical shifts in social policy, moving away from the government officially embracing a free market economy and neoliberal reform principles and towards quasi-socialist income redistribution ... Explore this topic

Venezuela

Venezuela, officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America. Venezuela's territory covers around 916,445 square kilometres with an estimated population of 29,105,632. Venezuela is considered a state with extremely high... Explore this topic

Politics of Venezuela

The politics of Venezuela occurs in a framework explained in Government of Venezuela. Venezuela has a multi-party system, with numerous parties. The governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela, PSUV) was created in 2007, uniting a numbe... Explore this topic

Obituary

An obituary is a news article that reports the recent death of a person, typically along with an account of the person's life and information about the upcoming funeral. In large cities and larger newspapers, obituaries are written only for people considered significant. In lo... Explore this topic

Simon Romero

Simon Romero is an American journalist who has been the Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times since November 2011, based in Rio Janeiro. In this assignment, he covers Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Romero was previously the paper's Andean bureau chief, ba... Explore this topic

Oil reserves

Oil reserves are the amount of technically and economically recoverable oil. Reserves may be for a well, for a reservoir, for a field, for a nation, or for the world. Different classifications of reserves are related to their degree of certainty. The total estimated amount of ... Explore this topic

Caracas

Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English. Caracas is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuel... Explore this topic

The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since September 18, 1851. It has won 112 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization. Its website is America's most popular news site, receiving more than 30 milli... Explore this topic

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