Venezuela's+Hugo+Chavez's+Influence+on+America

Xenia Valeriano-Cabrera ** Venezuela’s Hugo Ch **** á **** vez’s Influence on America ** Hugo Ch á vez has influenced America by having his own form of democratic socialism and making allies against the U.S.   Who is Hugo Ch á vez? In 1992 Hugo Ch á vez led a coup d’etat against the government, Ch á vez was then put in jail but within that year the president Carlos Andr é s P é rez was impeached and Hugo Ch á vez was pardoned. || What are Hugo Ch á vez’s intentions with the oil of Venezuela? Since Hugo Ch á vez became the president, the daily oil production has fallen. Instead of producing 3.2 billion barrels a day it now produces 2.4 billion barrels. He sells oil at lower prices to make allies against the U.S. || What is democratic socialism? Democratic socialism is a form of socialism with a democratic government; it is being the owner and being able to control the means of production such as capital, land, property, etc. As an example Ch á vez wanted oil to be distributed equally throughout all citizens. || What are Hugo Ch á vez’s problems with the United States? President Hugo Ch á vez is mostly call “anti-American and a dictator but he is actually anti-imperialist. President Chá vez is mad about the fact that the United States is building military bases in its neighboring country, Columbia. Therefore Ch á vez told his country that they should prepare to enter war soon with Columbia. || What are the major groups involved in the conflict? At this time the major leaders and their countries involved are President Hugo Ch á vez of Venezuela, President Barack Obama of the United States of America, and the country of Columbia that Venezuela is saying that it will attack. Also involved are the other countries such as Bolivia who feels threatened by the United States. || How has Hugo Ch á vez influenced the U.S?  President Ch á vez did not like President George W. Bush and now does not like President Barack Obama either. He has said before that his “friends” include Fidel Castro of Cuba, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, and Saddam Hussein during his presidency in Iraq. So the United States has taken the opportunity to start preparing for any type of attack even though it is still recovering from economy. ||

= = = =  In this political cartoon the United States is considered a villain and wants them out of Venezuela.

|| =  The United States “The Empire” being denounced by President Ch á vez even though the United States is its best oil customer. =   ||