Jules Boykoff published an analysis paper on how Hugo Chavez was represented on the United States media, in his article “Hugo Chavez and the U.S media”. He states the Hugo Chavez was represent in four different frames. A frame is a “persistent pattern of selection and emphasis that structure not only what becomes news, but also prime us for how we think about the news”(Boykoff). He found out that the US prestige press, which includes the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington
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
Hugo Chavez was the president of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013. He had an interesting way of running the country during his presidency. His political position or ideology could be best defined as Bolivarianism for many reasons. Bolivarianism can be described as a set of doctrines that was popular in South America. It is named after the famous liberator Simon Bolivar. Hugo Chavez’s ideology involved ideas from others he had come to admire. Of course one of those that he admired was Simon Bolivar. The
Hugo Chávez El Comandante! El Comandante! If you scream that in the streets of Venezuela, there is only one person you could possibly be referring to – Hugo Chávez. The current president of the South American country, Venezuela, has been in power for the past four years. His time in office has been criticized by most and glorified by some. He has had the backing of other countries such as Cuba, Colombia, Brazil, Libya and Iraq. On the other hand, the United States has had a continuous growth
attempt by Hugo Chávez due to dwindling income to the populace. Cannon records that per capita income fell by almost half, from US $ 5192 to US $ 2858. On the other hand, human development index was noted to have fallen to 0.7046 from 0.8210 between 1990 and 1997. These challenges in economy led to Chávez’s election in 1998. Delinquency: Economic Situation, Corruption, and Bad Administration The emergence of Chávez as the new Venezuelan President saw radical changes in economic activities. Chávez has a
Hugo Chavez: Love Him or Loathe Him? Last week an incendiary press release exploded into the global headlines. A man by the name of Hugo Chavez ventured the claim that he had become an important target of assassination. Even more alarming, he proceeded to identify his assassin. It was none other than George W. Bush. "We have enough evidence," said Chavez, "that if anything happens to me, the person responsible will be the President of the United States" (“Defying U.S., Venezuela’s Chavez Embrace
elected governments themselves. They bring up real life examples like of the government in Venezuela, headed by Hugo Chavez. The freedom in Venezuela was heavily diminished following the decision to elect Hugo Chavez as president and his misguided economic policies ultimately led to a crisis and downfall of the country. It is believed Venezuela’s economic dependence on oil paved the way for Chavez to come to power, which fueled his policies and put pressure on oil prices. Eventually the country went through
An awful reality, the freedom of speech and press in Venezuela is in danger of disappearing. In Venezuela, if someone has a different opinion of the President of the country, Hugo Chavez, could be penalized. Can the opposition movements, including student force, change this current reality? What can the common citizens do against the government when every day it is capable of setting down more severe restrictions to silence the press? Should the opposition parties keep fighting as they have been
that can give much to talk about, as in the case of the Cuban Revolution and its main figure Commander Fidel Castro, and the Venezuelan process that came to power exactly 40 years after the triumph of the Cuban revolution, when Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chavez became president of Venezuela who was the head of the Bolivarian Revolution. The long relationship between Cuba and Venezuela and particularly among their leaders have triggered a number of similarities and differences found in the ways they manage
officer, who was involved in a military coup years ago, Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias won the presidential elections, and who remained in the government until he died in 2013 from cancer. Hugo Chavez's political discourse based on the Marxist thoughts soon was creating "The Bolivarian Revolution", and since its beginning offered the XXI century socialism, which one was never described specifically to people. As a result, with the passing of the years Chavez created an atmosphere of division, violence and unrest
article “Will Venezuela abandon Chavismo?” considerate the possibility of a changed in actual politics in Venezuela. He relate his own experiences, when he visited Venezuela in 2010, everybody was talking about elite Cuban paramilitary police units that Chavez had supposedly borrowed from Fidel Castro. But change is coming to Cuba too, and if the units ever existed, they certainly have not been visible in the past's week’s clashes. This article offers a good comparison between other countries situation
The presidencies of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro, the socialist regime, the soaring high levels of inflation and stagflation and the crime and murder rates in this nation are all factors leading to the Venezuelan conflict. The presidencies of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro are key factors in the lead to the Venezuelan conflict, as their policies and domineering style, have caused great controversy and unrest over the nation. From 1999 until 2013, President Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias ruled Venezuela
Venezuela see’s the role of women in different ways depending on where they live, by tradition women should perform household work and may work outside their homes but the work must be related to domestic services. In rural areas women must share the physical work with men to make a living. Women are legally equal to men in Venezuela but they live in a patriarchal societies which has a national brand of “machismo.” Machismo is the term when men are controlling and don’t allow women to be their own
The battle zone has become further entrenched between the protesters and the government in the Capitol of Venezuela, Caracas. With 13 dead and 150 injured tension between Nicolás Maduro and his people is at an all time high (Glusing). In the post Hugo Chavez world not only has Maduro failed to inspire the confidence of his people, but his inability to deal with rising economic woes has only worsened his relationship with his people. Machiavelli in his works The Prince and The Discourses, deals with
States has since then called upon the Nicaraguan Government to uphold due process of democracy but it seems to be deterring more from it instead. Since Ortega’s occupation as President, he has been associated with autocrats such as former President Chavez of Venezuela and continues to stir away from democratic process. As a result, Nicaragua has lost eligibility for certain US financial assistance that is granted to central governments of countries who abide by the international standards of fiscal
Introduction: It’s been several years since Venezuelans complained about the economic and social problems the country faces every day. In January 2014 students started protesting about the criminality and violence that occurs every day. But it wasn’t until February 12th, where three people have been killed, that the protests became serious and were acknowledged worldwide. Maduro has been in power for 11 months since Chavez’s death, and these protests are the biggest he has ever had to face. These
“Contemporary socio-cognitive theory focuses more attention on an individual’s ability to deal with and negotiate the obstacles found in one’s environment than it does on one’s talent for solving abstract, decontextualized problems on an standardized test” (Kincheloe, 10). According to the researcher and activist, Joe Kincheloe, who helped shape the ideology of the Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy, successfully use of selected response assessment requires understanding
violence. The protests and violence result from the inability of Venezuelans to provide the most basic human needs for their families. Sky-rocketing inflation rates in Venezuela are the result of Hugo Chavez, the former socialist and revolutionary leader of the country, and his administration. While in power, Chavez was so consumed with fixing the social issues in Venezuela, that other aspects of the country were ignored – like the economy. In 2014, Venezuela is left with a destroyed economy, angry people
that doesn’t mean that everything is going along fine. Even though the people of Venezuela elected Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro in the election of 2012, there have been a lot of recent protests against Maduro since Chavez passed away and Maduro assumed the presidency. In the past, Venezuela has had a democratic government. However, it started to make front page news reports when president Hugo Chavez nationalized the oil industry and began anti-US reforms that also increased his power as president
Introduction Venezuela was one of the richest countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Ecuador). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who promoted the oil industry and allowed for some social reforms. Democratically elected governments have held sway since 1959. Current concerns include: a polarized political environment, a politicized military, drug-related violence