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"Yesterday, females and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the chief executive of america, the gentleman to whom I send as the devil, came up here, talking as if he owned the globe. Truly. As who owns the globe." (Hugo Chávez, address to the US, Sept 20, 2006) The above price is quintessentially Chávez - controversial, stunning, and made to cause a mix. He shared his words with the entire United Nations General Assembly at the same time when america was embroiled in two failing war efforts and its own lenders were inching ever before closer towards economic problems of 2008. Yet Chávez shared his beliefs fearlessly, self-confident enough with his presidency and his role on the world's stage to criticize the US president in a manner that possessed never been done before at the UN. Understandably, Chávez is one of the most divisive and controversial political statistics in Latin American background. He has been around vitality since 1999 which is South America's longest providing head of talk about. The leader of the movement towards 21st hundred years socialism, Chávez has desired to bring socialist reform to Venezuela through what he phone calls the Bolivarian Trend. His goal has gone to shift vitality from the nation's traditional oligarchy to the neglected poor. Chávez's former is an elaborate one, rife with armed service coups, troubled relationships, and political betrayal. During his presidency, he has written and put in place a fresh constitution, instituted democratic councils, and nationalized important sectors.
