Like all great men he was a complicated man in a complicated situation. But he created the first democracy in Latin America and even enabled the wave of liberty and justice beyond his own Venezuela. Also, he was the first indigenous leader to overcome the racist colonial and postcolonial regimes in the region for 500+ years since the Spanish conquest.
Hugo Chavez was a great man.
Posted: 2013/03/05 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: Bolivarian revolution, colonialism, democracy, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, socialism, spanish conquest, Venezuela
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Punkonomics (@DearBalak) 
Yet another Higher-ed opinion lacking wisdom, what a shocker…
Analyst estimates Chávez’s family fortune at around $2 billion
http://newsfromvenezuela.tumblr.com/post/867542155/analyst-estimates-chavezs-family-fortune-at-around-2
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Your opinion is welcome despite your utterly biased source and snide comment academics not knowing what they are talking about ;p
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