VenezuelaHugo Chávez was an army officer who served as president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. He launched the "Bolivarian Revolution," using oil revenue for social programs, nationalizing industries and opposing United States influence.
In the 12 Axes register, Hugo Chávez leans hardest on Collectivize – Privatize: Collectivize 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Hugo Chávez sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Concentrated power in the national executive
Bicameral
Elected repeatedly, removed term limits
Statist
Pressured opposition media and courts
Anti-Interventionist
Anti-imperialist Bolivarian regionalism
Military-Focused
Army officer, civil-military alliance
Polyculturalist
Constitution recognized Indigenous rights
Socialist
Expropriated firms and expanded state ownership
Interventionism
Price and currency controls
Limited Trade
Regional ALBA bloc over free-trade deals
Spiritual
Invoked Christianity in socialist rhetoric
Progressive
Left-populist social missions
Neutral
No distinct position on technology
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Hugo Chávez is at Autocratic 68%. The register median is Democratic 68%.
Acceleration – Bioconservative
On Acceleration – Bioconservative, Hugo Chávez is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Portrait: Vicepresidencia de Venezuela, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
