On March 13th, Moreno announced that Ecuador would leave the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), founded in 2008 by leaders of South America’s so-called pink tide: Nestor Kirchner of Argentina, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Lula Da Silva of Brazil. ..…
In Venezuela, for example, Hugo Chávez opened eye clinics and gave out free food; gasoline cost less than 10 cents a gallon. ... Chávez was a classic number one type populist: an economic populist and a leftwing populist. ..…
Under Bolivarian Revolution of Chavez, continued by Maduro, the oil revenues instead of departing the country have been used to reduce poverty and raise Venezuela.. ... These corrupt elites, with CIA's help, temporarily overthrew Chavez, and the people and Venezuelan military secured..…