Hugo Chavez Imperialism

“The grand destroyer of the world and the greatest thread is represented by the US imperialism”-Hugo Chavez 2007. Many people have to know Chavez by his great dislike of the United States of America. He took every opportunity he had to announce his great dislike for this nation. In one instance in 2006, as he was speaking in the U.N. General Assembly he said “Yesterday, the devil came here. Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of.” (Washington Post) He had been referring to President George W. Bush, who had spoken in the same place a day prior Chavez. He spent a considerable time, during that assembly, attacking the United States and stating that the president felt as if he
“With 64% of the votes counted, there was no longer room for doubt” ( Marcano 3) Chavez had won the election of 1998 against his opponent Henrique Salas Romer. As the new president of Venezuela, there were many challenges that he was going to face. But despite the lack of knowledge of the government or being a politician, he began pursuing this career always wearing a military uniform. “Invoking the memory of the Latin American Libertador Simon Bolivar, Chavez vowed to end corruption” ( Marcano 3) Many of his followers were from the working population who were able to identify themselves with the active military president. Chavez had expressed his dream, since the beginning of his election of having “ a country free of poverty” ( Marcano 3) which will continue to raise support from those who were in the working class. Many people saw him as the ideal candidate because his appearance of a strong military yet charismatic president entices the part of the population that were tired of
In June 1999 he threw the first pitch in a Mets game since he was a big fan of baseball. (Sports Illustrated) In that same visit, he rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange ( US News) But many years later, he began to show his real feelings about the United States in particular against the Bush administration. . As mention before, during an UN Assembly he refer to George W. Bush as the devil. For the United States “ Hugo Chavez is the latest headache in the region.” (Marcano 204) As the relationship with the United States and Venezuela was getting worse, Chavez and Fidel Castro begin to have a smooth relationship. During one of his visits to Cuba he spoke to the University of Havana and mentioned that he was “honored as rebel soldier by the fact that they were not allowed to enter North American Territory” ( Marcano 213) Years prior this visit, Chavez had attempted to go to the United States as he was campaign to become the president, but the US embassy denied his