Chavez: Man Of The People Or Communist Autocrat? (2002)

No Ordinary President (2002): An assessment of what Venezuela's Hugo Chavez achieved in his first three years in power - did he deliver on what he promised to his country?

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Chavez has been attracting increased hostility from the Venezuelan middle and upper class and from Washington, who call for liberty and democracy instead of communism. We go to Venezuela to profile this complex man and ask why the tide has turned against him. His idea is simple: take from the rich and give to the poor. Chavez's populist talk of revolution has put him and his supporters on a collision course with the upper and middle classes. Chavez is threatening to turn their world upside down, and they're not happy. What next for the beleaguered president?

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