Hugo Chávez
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Why the Obama administration is right to support the Honduran election on Sunday...the elections to occur. They have little taste for Mr. Zelaya, who embraced the leftist populism of Hugo Chavez while in office and was trying to follow the Venezuelan's model for dismantling democratic institutions. Last month, Mr. Zelaya... In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Democracy, Hugo Chavez, Honduras, Populism, Augusto Pinochet, and United States |
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Guardian Unlimited | 22 hours ago
Troops to oversee Honduras election
...he said, referring to Zelaya's nickname. Zelaya, a wealthy logger elected in 2005, became an unlikely champion of the poor when he veered left and embraced Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. The switch alienated congress, the army, the...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Amnesty International, Latin America, Democracy, and Peter Hakim
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washingtonpost.com | November 17, 2009
Honduran Congress to vote on Zelaya fate after poll
Zelaya, who irked the poor nation's elite by forming close ties with leftist Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, was sent into exile in his pajamas by soldiers on June 28 and a de facto government led by Roberto Micheletti took charge. The...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Best interests, Roberto Micheletti, United States, Supreme Court, European Union, and Honduras
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Reuters | November 07, 2009
Honduran rivals signal new bid to solve crisis
...in the last presidential election. Zelaya was ousted by the army on a Supreme Court order and flown into exile after angering Honduran elites by cozying up to leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Continued... In the protracted...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, Liberal Party, United States, National Party, Malaise, and Liberal Party
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A Honduras hijacked by ideology
...President Obama of being Chavez's virtual ally. As she wrote this week: "Mr. Chavez and Fidel Castro were supporting Mr. Zelaya, and Mr. Obama apparently wanted to be part of the gang." O'Grady is a friend and former colleague of mine,...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Mary O'Grady, Honduras, Jim DeMint, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Banana, and Ideology
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Honduras' Zelaya set to return to power
...rousted at dawn by soldiers and flown to exile on a military plane. Zelaya had angered many in Honduras by becoming an ally of socialist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Critics also alleged he was seeking backing to extend presidential...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, Democracy, Thomson Reuters, Barack Obama, United States, Small business, and NYSE
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Voice of America expands Latin American audience
...region includes Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, a Chavez ally, was ousted in July and is seeking to return to power. VOA -- which only broadcasts internationally -- transmits its reports...
In this article: Andes, Bolivia, Central America, Washington, and Ecuador
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Power Line | 5 days ago
Crazy, Or Left-Wing? Is There Still A Difference?
...as the would-be ruler of Honduras, in violation of Honduran law. Zelaya is best known as a protege of Chavez who seeks to replicate Chavez's socialist dictatorship in Honduras. If there was something other than Zelaya's affinity for Chavez...
In this article: Carlos the Jackal, Manuel Zelaya, Socialism, Idi Amin, Bill Ayers, Sean Penn, Robert Mugabe, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Honduran election offers hope for resolving constitutional crisis
...and his own attorney general had ruled unconstitutional. Zelaya, seeking to lift presidential term limits much as Venezuela's Hugo Chavez had done, had created a constitutional crisis. The military has since apologized for overstepping its...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, United States, Washington, Democracy, and National Party
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USATODAY.com | October 30, 2009
Pact appears to end Honduras coup
...presidential re-election; Zelaya denies that. Zelaya had increasingly alienated Honduras' elite by forming an increasingly strong alliance with Venezuela's socialist president, Hugo Chavez. The new agreement would create a power-sharing...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, Supreme Court, Roberto Micheletti, Tegucigalpa, United States, Democracy, and All rights reserved
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Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías () (born July 28, 1954) is the President of Venezuela. As the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Chávez promotes a political doctrine of participatory democracy, socialism and Latin American and Caribbean cooperation. He is also a critic of neoliberalism, globalization, and United States foreign policy.
A career military officer, Chávez founded the left-wing Fifth Republic Movement after orchestrating a failed 1992 coup d'état against former President Carlos Andrés Pérez. Chávez was elected President in 1998 with a campaign centering on promises of aiding Venezuela's poor majority, and was reelected in 2000 and in 2006. Domestically, Chávez has maintained nationwide Bolivarian Missions, whose goals are to combat disease, illiteracy, malnutrition, poverty, and other social ills. Abroad, Chávez has acted against the Washington Consensus by supporting alternative models of economic development, and has advocated cooperation among the world's poor nations, especially those in Latin America.
Chávez's policies have evoked controversy in Venezuela and abroad, receiving everything from vehement criticism to enthusiastic support. The government of the United States claims that Chávez is a threat to democracy in Latin America. Many other governments sympathize with his ideology or welcome his bilateral trade and reciprocal aid agreements. In 2005 and 2006 he was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people.
- Birth Date:
- July 28, 1954
- Birthplace:
- Sabaneta, Barinas, Venezuela
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Occupation:
- Military officer
- Political party:
- United Socialist Party
- Vice President:
- Isaías Rodríguez
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