Hugo Chavez - Presidency of Hugo Chavez, Foreign Policy of the Hugo Chavez Government, the Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 84. Chapters: Presidency of Hugo Chavez, Foreign policy of the Hugo Chavez government, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Economic policy of the Hugo Chavez government, Venezuelan presidential election, 2006, TeleSUR, Military career of Hugo Chavez, Foreign policy of Evo Morales, Sumate, Por que no te callas?, Media representation of Hugo Chavez, Early life of Hugo Chavez, Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, Foreign policy of Rafael Correa, 1992 Venezuelan coup d'etat attempts, Venezuelan presidential election, 1998, Bolivarianism, 2004 putative Venezuelan coup d'etat attempt, 2006 Chavez speech at the United Nations, Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela, Chavismo, Cabinet of Hugo Chavez, Vergatario, Socialism of the 21st century, Alo Presidente, Adan Chavez, Revolucion ?, Mister Danger, Hugo de los Reyes Chavez, Operation Balboa, Anibal Jose Chavez Frias, Cristina Marcano. Excerpt: Connection Timeout Venezuela under the presidency of Hugo Chavez (1999-present) has seen sweeping and radical shifts in social policy, moving away from the government officially embracing a free market economy and neoliberal reform principles and towards quasi-socialist income redistribution and social welfare programs. Chavez has just as radically up-ended Venezuela's traditional foreign policy. Instead of continuing Venezuela's past support for U.S. and European strategic interests, Chavez has promoted alternative development and integration paradigms for the Global South. Hugo Chavez's political activity began in the 1980s and '90s, a period of economic downturn and social upheaval in Venezuela. Venezuela's economic wellbeing rises and falls with the demand for its primary export commodity - oil. Oil accounts for three-quarters of Venezuela's exports, half of its government's fiscal income, and a quarter of the natio...