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Hugo Chavez was born on July 28, 1954 in Venezula. When Chavez was 17 years old he enrollled in a Military Acadamy and graduated in 1975. Chavez became an military official after he graduated from school. In 1992 Chavez attemted a coup against the Venezulan Government. Chavez was not happy with the government so he got together his friends and tried to take over the government. The police caught them attemping the coup and he was going to go to jail. He asked to speak to the public of Venezula before he went away and he told the country about Venezulas government and what he tried to do. After going on national T.V and saying this he became a hero. Chavez was elected presidemt in 1998 and started his reign in Feburary in 1999. Chavez was reelcected in 2000 altough in 2002 the tried a coup against him and was brifly removed from president before coming back.

Hugo Chavez has enimes but he also has many friends. One of his really good friends is Fidel Castro who used to be the president of Cuba and caused a lot of conterversy for what he did. Castro is one of Chavez's idol and he always shouts out to him on his T.V show, Aló Presidente. Chavez is also good friends with Raul Castro who is Fidel's brother and is currently the persident of Cuba. Dmitry Medvedev is another one of Chavez's good friends. Medvedev is the president of Russia and Venezula gets most of its military equipment from Medvedev and Russia. One of the counties that Chavez dosnt like is the United States. I think one reason he dosnt like us even though we buy most of his oil is because he dosn't like George Bush. He has always called him names and called him "the devil" on a CBS interview. This relationship reached a real low in 2008 when Venezula almost broke off contracts with the U.S. Now that Barack Obama is in office it looks like things will get better.

Nobody really knows what Hugo Chavez's next move will be. He might start a war or he might just continue to do what he does now. He thinks thata the U.S might try to invade Venezula even though this is very unlikely. Chavez will be a big person in the world for years to come and everyone is intrested in what will happen and what Hugo Chavez is going to do.

Essential Questions: Who is Hugo Chavez? Who are his friends in Latin America? Who are his friends in the world? Why does he try to portray the U.S as his emeny even though they buy most of Venezuala's oil? What is Hugo Chavez preparing for the future?

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