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Originally Posted by HereWeGo
He has massive support from the poorer section of the Population. I really dont understand how civil and political rights are being violated under him... The media is free in Venezuela, and election is always free and fair according to neautral observers....
He is a little eccentric and I dont agree on his socialist principal and constant hate towards USA but he is still a good man and loved by his people...
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Eh! Hugo Chavez is anything but the beacon of hope the leftist likes to portray. Of course the poor likes him. When you have a country with overwhelming of the population is poor and uneducated and you start to give them free or heavily subsidized benefits, they will like you.
The sole purpose of a leader is not to have people like you (which is mostly what he was after) and economy 101 will tell you that giving out free stuff is unsustainable and will do nothing to improve the overall economy of the country or much benefit to the people.
His government was very corrupted and had a history of heavily oppressing the media and the judiciary system.
Maybe he had good intentions, but his actions prove otherwise.