Hugo Chavez And The Bolivarian Revolution

Simón Bolívar was said to be a revolutionary during the period of the early nineteenth century because he wanted to change Latin America. His goal was to promote change and gain independence for the Latin American states from Spanish rule, and

This project’s purpose is to record a people who have lived through the promises and outcomes of the Bolivarian Revolution, an idea that captured Venezuela’s spirit and spread across 16 Latin America nations as the Pink Tide. The poor and working class will be a fundamental component of this story as I investigate the role the revolution has played in shaping the lives of this perpetually overlooked group of people. Simultaneously, the nature of these issues will create a portal into the world of Venezuelan heritage, traditions, and political and civic culture. What I write will be the reality of the situation; the interpretation will be left up to the reader.

Bolivar returned to fight another day in 1813. He declared a ‘war to the death’ against Spain. He gained support from Colombia and drove the Spanish out of the Magdalena River area and amassed himself a large army. Civilian leaders in Cartagena then gave him permission to liberate western Venezuela. He did so and continued to take Caracas in August of 1813. This was known as Simon Bolivar’s “Admiral Campaign”. He went on to declare a second republic and assumed his role as a military dictator. “The Second Republic collapsed within a few months, however, because Bolivar had failed to win the support of the non-white, many of whom were instead recruited to fight with those loyal to the king.”

Chavez decided to then launch a boycott of two of Delano's main growers, Schenley Industries and DiGiorgio. Chavez organized a massive march of 300 miles from Delano to Sacramento, the state capital. This is the longest protest march ever in the United States. Not only was it a march, it was a journey that drew the Catholic faith of many of the strikers. Marchers sang “Nosotros Venceremos” the civil rights anthem as they carried portraits of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which is Mexico’s saint and symbol of hope, they also carried large crosses representing Christ's final journey and flags including the NFWA's black eagle. As the march made its way across California, hope built, and in each town they passed through, they attracted new supporters.

Cesar Chavez was an effective leader for three main reasons: grassroots organizer and believer in equal treatment, self-sacrifice, tough tactics. He was a believer in equal treatment and even got the same pay and housing as those who worked for him. The picture shows that Cesar Chavez was not going to give up not even how much self-sacrifice was required to prove his point. Last, in the data It shows that Cesar Chavez used tough tactics to prove his point. As a result, Cesar Chavez was a very great leader for copious amounts of reasons.

When Hugo Chavez emerged as an iconic figure against anti-imperialism he was supported by Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), Raul Castro (Cuba). The reason why these leftist political leaders supported Chavez because of the intentions Chavez had to get people out of poverty and make Venezuela a rich Latin Nation. Another reason towards why Chavez was supported was because he demonstrated that the U.S. was not needed in order to prosper. Due to this, Chavez main opponent became the United States specially under the control of President George W. Bush. Since Chavez was becoming more popular in Latin America and was being aided by Cuba, the United States felt threatened and got

As I said before, many critics agreed that Hugo Chavez has been able to diminished Venezuelan democracy to convert it to a competitive authoritarian regime. Chavez has controlled the country and stills does, in a way in that using populism and his policy of clientism he gets the masses and specially the poor to support him and agreed with him in many of his reforms and actions. Allying himself with leftist countries like Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and especially Cuba, Chavez has implemented what he calls a “Bolivarian Revolution”, revolution that allows him to have a complete control of the country. Furthermore, Chavez has been using the oil revenues not only as a method of getting international support for his ideas and type of regime but also, for his own personal enrichment

Simon Bolivar on Government in Latin America When Simon Bolivar wrote about the unique circumstances of Latin independence, he was referring to the independence movements and race revolts that occurred during the period he pushed to liberate Venezuela and other surrounding areas (Germán, 2018). Most, if not all, areas in northern South America that he liberated were overrun by revolts and uprisings that resulted in the death of countless citizens, especially by the hands of the British and various “gangs” in adjacent communities (Germán, 2018). His argument is fair, and depicts the difficulties suffered by countless Latin Americans during the late nineteenth century; however, understanding his argument takes an amount of foreknowledge considering he included little facts to support his claim.

“Venezuela reads like a textbook example of the socialist end-game: Social implosion driven by economic collapse, caused by shockingly self-destructive policy making” (Toro 39). “Socialism of the 21st Century” in the end just did not work and had failed. The changes made to the constitution have created a government that runs inefficiently and gives the president too much power. Chavez mismanaged the country's income and caused inflation of the Bolivar Note. Chavez had good intentions, but his programs to help the impoverished failed because of poor management. These people that he was trying to help are now more hurt than they were before because money put into these programs was not used effectively. This money could have been used to invest in the oil reserves and other parts of the economy to set the country up for success. Food is hard to come by and the crime and murder rate continues to raise. The country in debt and cannot even buy imports to sell to its citizens. Venezuela will need outside help if it is to recover from the situation caused by Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro. The only reason Chavez remained popular in Venezuela is because the economy was doing well in the beginning and he was able to control the media so that the public opinion of him was kept

Although Bolivar’s ideas were unique and seemed beneficial, implementing these ideas would not be an easy task; his main goal was to enforce democracy. His main ideas for Venezuela would be to set up a democratic federation, which would give “the rights of man, ability to maintain the balance of powers, and writing general laws favoring civil liberty, freedom of the press” (pg. 21). Out of the American

Corruption in Venezuela has prevalent since the nation gained independence in 1821. But, corruption rose to unforeseen levels during Hugo Chavez’s presidential era. Hugo Chavez was president of Venezuela for 11 years. “There is no exaggerating the extent of Venezuela 's decline and fall. The wealthiest country per capita in Latin America is sinking deeper and deeper into what must inevitably be bankruptcy, as everything fiscal goes wrong.” (Thomson, 2010) He came into power with the intentions of making Venezuela a socialist nation. His impact on the nation of Venezuela has touched every aspect of the society from economics to the quality of living. His extreme, radical ideology mirrored those of the Cuban socialist revolution. Nationalization of assets and equal distribution of wealth among the nation sounds like an ideal plan, but what went wrong? Was it the decrease in oil production, investors or private businesses? Or, did the inflation and decreasing value of the currency finally catch up to the nation? It is important to note that Chavez pulled his support from the lower and middle class. His neglect of the rich made it easier for his socialist ideals to merge into Venezuelan society. During Hugo Chavez’s 11-year reign, how did his radical changes affect Venezuela’s economy nationally and globally?

Bolivar was a forgiving person. After the Spanish came back to try to conquer Venezuela he gives a speech to the Venezuelan in the city of Trujillo. “We have been unable to watch with indifference the afflictions you were forced to experience by barbarous Spaniards...Let the monsters who infest Colombian soil be cast out forever...Despite our just resentment toward the Spaniards, our generous heart still commands us to open them a path of friendship. They are invited to live peacefully among us, if they will renounce their crimes,” He showed mercy to people who probably didn’t deserve it but he

they were only in the mid 40% to a high in 1998 with merely 52% voter turnout (IDEA, 2015). Consequently, it is not a completely fair democracy.

Hugo Chavez's fight against the forces of supply and demand through the enacted legislature of "Laws of Costs and Prices" had more negatives than positives. The largest positive result that I can see in this legislature is that Venezuelans who were poverty stricken had a greater chance of improving their situation through the low price of goods. While I do think the policies were well intentioned, I do not believe they were thought out thoroughly. Supply and demand increases goods, services, and jobs. Supply and demand naturally balances out product consumption as well as availability. Venezuela is starting to find this out with the increased consumption of gasoline, as well as the coffee shortage. I do believe that Hugo Chavez made a

"Democracy is impossible in a capitalist system, capitalism is the realm of injustice and tyranny of the richest against the poorest' (Chavez, 2000) – This statement was made by Hugo Chavez president of Venezuela in a BBC1 interview. The president of Venezuela from 1999-2013 leader of the ‘Bolivarian Revolution' a socialist political program leading the fight for independence for Latin America. Chavez vision was to free the interference of foreign power with revolutionary Marxist ideology. Chavez strived to create a Latin American alliance to expel U.S. influence to compete politically and economically with the European Union. Chavez died on 5th March 2013 at the age of 58. Throughout his rain, Venezuelan people were deeply divided with the