Chavez was President of Venezeula for fourteen years. He also was a Paratrooper commander in the Venezuela's Army. He led a coup in 1992 that failed,than was pardoned and elected President in 1998.
Hugo Chavez has ordered some big changes for the country's financial holdings as he looks to bring home a lot of their gold holdings to domestic banks and move a lot of money of the US and into other markets including Russia and China. The moves come as gold's price is near all-time (nominal)...
Venezuela has descended into a deadly totalitarian state, rapidly eroding basic human rights,threatening to throttle the sane existence of its own people, while the
rest of the world watches in inertia. http://bit.ly/c13FVS