Hugo Chavez Analysis

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The reign of Hugo Chavez is a very contentious issue for politicians and journalists alike. His radical views regarding ways to deal with poverty, and the amount of control he instituted on privately run oil companies, led to him developing a large cast of haters and appreciators. This means there will be obvious bias for nearly anyone looking into the issue of Chavez’s reign, and thus one must make connections between these biased articles to really understand the true nature of his rule. The purpose of this paper is to look at the deeper connections between the various sources depicting the life and ideals of Hugo Chavez, and globalization, helping us to understand both how bias and the technique that ideas are presented to us, really shape …show more content…

This article exists without pre-existing biases, and thus provides an accurate representation of what Chavez did after that contentious time in his reign. This article was written in 2002 and thus Chavez had only been the leader of Venezuela for 3 years, meaning that many of his disliked proposals had not yet seen the light of day. This means that we are getting glimpse to how Chaves was back when he was first elected. The article goes on to state that Chavez re-invigorated OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries, as he mentioned the need for OPEC to diversify and create greater control over oil prices globally. This idea angered many international oil corporations leading to disputed between them and a Chavez led government. This conflict led to Chavez instituting stricter controls over the oil production in Venezuela. Furthering the pressure put on other governments globally, as at a point, nearly all of Venezuela’s 2 million barrels per day of oil production was shut down. Leading to these companies re-starting oil production in that country. Chavez is detailed as a leader with wildly liberal ideas and one who would really bring a new perspective to the table, but at that time they were ignorant to the misgivings that Chavez would ultimately create. The writer of this article showed a deep knowledge of the events surrounding …show more content…

In the past the only way that one could seek to understand the world around them was through a newspaper, that only represented one particular bias. In today’s world, one can seek many different sources for information and look to objectively view sources to formulate a thoughtful and reasonable perspective, or just search for opinions that only support ones pre-existing ideals. This means that everyone has a much larger range of views and many more ideas to observe and think about than in the past. This can also be said about Hugo Chavez’s rule, as he was elected at the turn of the 20th century, resulting in perspectives about him becoming widely available to all that wish to see them. Chavez inspired many different beliefs about the way he ruled Venezuela, whether one believed him to be a consort to dictators or a defender of the people, the fact that one can be having these kinds of discussions is fact in itself that globalization has changed and shaped our world in a way that no one could have imagined mere decades ago. Hugo Chavez is chief example of how people all around the globe can form their own opinions on someone who's actions may or may not truly effect them, though it is interesting to see how in a globalized world, anyone and everyone can have an opinion on anyone and

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