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Hugo Chavez was born on July 28, 1954, in Sabaneta, Venezuela. When he turned 17, he enrolled in the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences. Chavez became president of Venezela in Febuary, 1999. His goal as president is to make a total communist nation, where everything is owned by the government. Venezuela makes a lot of its money from oil and Hugo attempted to strengthen OPEC. Hugo was re-elected in 2000 to a new 6- year term. Hugo has also said that he doesn't want as much support from the U.S. His freinds in Latin America are his great friend, Fidel Castro and his Fidel's brother, Raul. His friends in the world are Dmitry Medvedev, the president of Russia. Venezuela gets some of its military equipment sich as nuclear power and weapons from Russia. When Hugo was elected, he quickly made a new consititution. A bad thing that Chavez has done is he has alienated (turned away or made hostile) with many Venezuelans, especially the upper and middle classes. In result of the hostileness, there was a strike against Chavez that eventually died down.

Hugo Chavez was re-elected again in December, 2006. He has tried to pass a law that was allow him to possibly be able to run for president again in 2012. The people voted against it. He trys to portray the United States as his enemy even though we buy most of his oil because he wants to have a reason to start a war with us or be his enemy. No one knows what Hugo Chavez will do next, he might start a war or he might never do anything to any other country including the U.S.

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 United States as his enemy even though the United States buy's most of Venezuela's oil? How is he preparing for the future?

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