Hugo Chavez Corruption In Venezuela

There is little doubt of crime and corruption being one of the main problems in Venezuela. Until the 1980’s Venezuelans couldn’t be bothered with the amount of corruption in their country. There was little concern on addressing the problem letting alone finding solutions on how to fix it. Around the 1990’s, prior to Hugo Chavez’s presidency, the notion of a democratic state was admired which encouraged citizens and the government to be more concerned about the corruption. The election of Hugo Chavez in 1999 alleviated many of the concerns about corruption in the state as he assured the public of his intentions of reform (Brookings Institution Working Group on Venezuela 2017). Prior to and throughout the reform the United States of America has

Chavez is perceived very differently to people across the board. He has many different titles, some of which include being an enemy to western neoliberalism, a 21st century socialist, and a reformer who advocated for the rights of the poor and the needy (“Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution.” 2017). Hugo Chavez resonated with many people in impoverish communities because he was lived in poverty majority of his life time. At an early age he decided to “join the military and became a junior officer where he developed a mix of Latin American leftist and socialist beliefs.” These socialist and revolutionary nationalistic beliefs led him to lead the Bolivarian revolution in

This led to a massive strike and coup d’état in 2002 led by military leaders with the help of business lobbyists and some foreign power. It barely lasted for 48 hours because the interim government struggled to consolidate their power. “The history of Latin America over the last decade would be radically different had a popular uprising against the coup not returned Chavez to power two days later” (Ceja