IAH 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter part 6: Bolivarianism, Fidel Castro, Caudillo
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Hugo chavez: venezuelans bonded over the cult of bolivar (452) bolivar was their past leader who had wanted t make one, large united state out of many latin american states, worshiping bolivar became almost a part of religion. The bolivarian faith (452: chavez admired bolivar and many other heroes (452, chavez believed he was the reincarnation of heroes. Speci cally zamora (453: bolivar was seen as a god to chaves. The god (454: model his revolution exactly like bolivar"s aver a hundred years earlier. Bolivar were doing this together. (455: chavez became a political gure and used the memory of bolivar to gain a following bc the. Found him authoritarian and a dictator: chavez says marxism should be discredited because it occurred in the 1800s in a di erent place. He wanted to save/help the 3rd world. (473) this badly hurt. Venezuelan economy: chavez tried to do good by providing services to the poor (ex.