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A crash course in changing the world.
My Panamerican Hero: Hugo Chavez.
Another of my social innovation heroes: Commander Hugo Chavez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías 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.
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.
His political influence in South America and his adversarial relationship with the
United States have given him a comparatively high geopolitical profile,
leading Time magazine to include him among their list of the world's
100 most influential people in 2005 and 2006.
Chávez was born on July 28, 1954 in Sabaneta, Barinas to schoolteachers
Hugo de los Reyes Chavez and Elena Frias de Chavez. The Chávez familyis of mixed Amerindian, Afro-Venezuelan, and Spanish descent. Chávez
was born in a mud hut near Sabaneta. Due to the Chávez family's
impoverished conditions, Hugo Chávez was sent to Sabaneta with his older
brother Adán to live with his paternal grandmother, Rosa Inés Chávez,
where he pursued hobbies such as painting, singing, and baseball while
attending elementary school at the Julián Pino School. He was later forced
to relocate to the town of Barinas to attend high school at the
Daniel Florencio O'Leary School.
At age seventeen, Chávez enrolled at the Venezuelan Academy of Military
Sciences. After graduating in 1975 as a sub-lieutenant with a degree in
Military Arts and Science, Chávez entered military service for several months.
He was then allowed to pursue graduate studies in political science at the
Simon Bolivar University. Over the course of his college years, Chávez and
fellow students developed a left wing nationalist doctrine that they termed
"Bolivarianism" inspired by the Pan-American philosophy of 19th century
Venezuelan revolutionary Simon Bolivar, the influence of former Peruvian
President Juan Velasco and the thought of various socialist and communist
leaders including Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.
Chávez engaged in sporting events and cultural activities during these
years as well. He played both baseball and softball with the Criollitos
de Venezuela, progressing with them to the Venezuelan National Baseball
Championships in 1969. Chávez also wrote numerous poems, stories and
theatrical pieces. Upon completing his studies, Chávez initially entered
active-duty military service as a member of a counter-insurgency battalion
stationed in Barinas.
Chavez's military carrer lasted 17 years, during which time he held
a variety of posts including command and staff positions, eventually
rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Chávez also held a series
of teaching and staffing positions at the Academy of Military Sciences,
where he was first acknowledged by his peers for his fiery lecturing style
and radical critique of Venezuelan government and society.
He just got a Twitter account so I'm gonna shadow him and try to contact him there.
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Comment by A.V.Koshy on April 28, 2010 at 6:48pm
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suburban american kids
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lol but now wintermute has to read this and he went off respecting your wishes :) :( lol
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yeah :)
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Comment by sunnydupree on April 28, 2010 at 8:38pm
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I did some more reading on Hugo and found a personal quote that he had said. "Personal Quotes
"He [Jesus] accompanied me in difficult times, in crucial moments. So Jesus Christ is no doubt an historical figure - he was someone who rebelled, an anti-imperialist guy. He confronted the Roman Empire. Because who might think that Jesus was a capitalist? No. Judas was the capitalist, for taking the coins! Christ was a revolutionary. He confronted the religious hierarchies. He confronted the economic power of the time. He preferred death in the defense of his humanistic ideals, who fostered change. He is our Jesus Christ."
I had to add that......
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Interesting Sarah I never thought about his right hand guy being a zealot, I never thought about it from that directions. It is also interesting to think about that Jesus is a historical figure as well. Yep i do believe the only time he got angry was against the bankers in the temple.
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Comment by Shakwei Mbindyo on April 29, 2010 at 7:09am
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Sarah what a wonderful summary of this hero's life to date. He sounds very dynamic - soldier,poet, athlete, change agent, hero, president ...
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Comment by Gabriel Martin on May 1, 2010 at 8:35am
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Sorry it took so long Sarah, but glad to finally have the chance to read up. Its really cool that you can offer insight about Chavez, because in the American media he is ignored, or worse. It's amazing that he was so active at 17, he seems really driven. I wish more kids in America were as passionate about improving their country...
Any non wikipedia resources for studying? I feel like there is a lot to be learned from him, he has lived such a rich life. Mostly, I would love to watch some of his lectures, if they were subbed. Thats how I learn best.
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Comment by nomadHAR on May 2, 2010 at 1:05am
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i get the Che shirt problem. most of the people wearing his shirt around here have NO idea who he is. it is the same with Mao shirts.
i'm still of a mixed opinion on Che, much like i am on Hugo Chavez.
Katt Williams (comedian) said in an interview that we can respect the good works of heroes; these are unsullied by their faults and mistakes.
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Comment by Sarah O.Connor Panamericana on May 2, 2010 at 1:21am
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@gabriel
You could watch the upcoming Oliver Stone movie,
which is about him.
You know, JFK, HCF
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Im not sure what those mean, but I will look it up
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