Hugo Chavez's profile

Hugo Chavez was born in Sabaneta, Venezuela, the 28^th of July, 1954 .

He was a retired Army coronel who graduate as political scientist.

He was the president of Venezuela from 1999 and 2013, he was part of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.

On Tuesday, 4^th of February, 1992, a group of soldiers ran an attempted of a coup in Venezuela against the constitutional president Carlos Andres Perez. The coup failed and the rebels surrendered, in middle of the rebels, there was Hugo Chavez. He was sentenced to two years in prison. In 1999 he became president.
After becoming president, Chavez decided to change the Venezuelan constitution; this one would modify the powers of congress and the judicial system As the constitution was changed the name of the country also did to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Hugo Chavez was an ally of the dictator Fidel Castro, Cuban dictator. He was sure that the capitalism was destroying the world that is why he wanted Venezuela to be a communist one. Many of the Venezuelans loved him because he presented to the poor social programs. Many times, the country experienced high food shortages and problems with the economy. Chavez was reelected 4 times in Venezuela.

How he died :
He died the 5^th of March, 2013 in Caracas
When Chavez died he was 58. The reason why he died is because he had cancer and this did not let him take his fourth term as a president. Nicolas Maduro who was his vice president was the one who gave the news to the people in Venezuela and to the world press.
(Camila Maurtua)