Hugo Chávez Frías

Hugo Chávez Frías is the President of Venezuela. He was the victim of an aborted coup d’État in April 2002. Ever since, he has been the target of continuous attacks by the Venezuelan opposition abetted by the U.S. Administration.

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Letter from President Hugo Chavez to the Secretary General of the United Nations supporting recognition of Palestinian State

by Hugo Chávez Frías

21 September 2011

Miraflores, September 17, 2011
His Excellency, Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations
Mr. Secretary General:
Distinguished representatives of the peoples of the world:
I address these words to the United Nations General Assembly, to this great forum that represents all (...)

Hugo Chávez Frías: Onwards towards a Communal State!

by Hugo Chávez Frías

27 February 2010

Caracas, Venezuela 27 February 2010
Address by President Hugo Chávez Frías on the anniversary of the Caracazo [1]
“Zamora lives, the fight continues," is the motto brought to life by our people. There could not be a better occasion for the enactment of the Organic Law of the Federal (...)

Speech by President Chávez at the United Nations Climate Change Conference

by Hugo Chávez Frías

Copenhagen (Denmark) | 16 December 2009

Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, Excellencies, friends:
I promise that I will not talk more than most have spoken this afternoon. Allow me an initial comment which I would have liked to make as part of the previous point which was expressed by the delegations of Brazil, China, India, and (...)

Ready for a Recall Vote

by Hugo Chávez Frías

26 May 2004

Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela
For the first 24 hours of the «coup d’etat» that briefly
overthrew my government on April 11, 2002, I expected to be executed at any moment.
The coup leaders told Venezuela and the world that I hadn’t been overthrown but rather had resigned. I (...)

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