Hugo Chavez, Ini Dia Karier Militer dan Politik `El Comandante`
Hugo Chavez, This Military and Political Career ´El Comandante´
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Caracas (B2B) - Hugo Chavez yang bernama lengkap Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias merupakan Presiden Venezuela sejak 1999 sampai wafatnya pada 5 Maret 2013.
Hugo Chavez lahir di keluarga kelas pekerja di daerah Sabaneta, Barinas, pada tanggal 28 Juli 1954.
Chavez menjalani karir militer dan ketika ia tidak puas dengan sistem politik Venezuela ia mendirikan Pergerakan Revolusi Bolivarian-200 (Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement/MBR-200) di awal 1980-an.
Wikipedia mencatat, suami dari Marisabel Rodriguez itu memimpin MBR-200 dalam kudeta yang tidak sukses melawan pemerintahan Presiden Carlos Andes Perez pada tahun 1992, sehingga ia pun dijebloskan ke penjara.
Setelah dua tahun dibebaskan dari penjara, dia mendirikan partai sosial demokratik yang bernama the Fifth Republic Movement dan terpilih menjadi presiden Venezuela di tahun 1998.
Di awal kepemimpinanya, Hugo Chavez mendorong perubahan konstitusi baru yang menaikkan hak bagi kelompok marginal dan merubah struktur pemerintahan Venezuela. Hal itu menyebabkan dirinya terpilih kembali di pemilu tahun 2000.
Sepanjang masa kedua kepemimpinannya, dia memperkenalkan sistem yang dikenal dengan "Bolivarian Mission" (Misi Bolivarian), "Communal Council" (Perwakilan Komunal) dan membentuk koperasi yang dikelola kaum pekerja.
Chavez juga menjalankan program reformasi agraria dan menasionalisasi industri-industri kunci di Venezuela.
Pada pemilu 2012, Chavez memenangkan pemilu presiden untuk keempat kalinya dengan mengalahkan Henrique Capriles.
Chavez adalah tokoh utama dalam aliansi "anti-imperialis" global yang semangatnya mencapai Belarus di Eropa dan Iran di Timur Tengah. Ia akan dirindukan oleh negara dengan pemerintah anti Amerika Serikat.
Selama Chavez memimpin, politik luar negeri Venezuela bersekutu kuat dengan pemerintah komunis Fidel Castro yang kemudian diteruskan kepada Raul Castro di Kuba. Selain itu, Chavez juga bersekutu dekat dengan pemerintah Sosialis pimpinan Evo Morales di Bolivia, Rafael Correa di Ekuador, dan Daniel Ortega di Nikaragua.
Hugo Chavez mengarahkan Venezuela untuk bergabung dalam kelompok sosialis Negara "gelombang merah muda", "the Bolivarian Alliance for Americas", kelompok bank selatan (the Bank of South), dan jaringan televisi regional TeleSur.
Kabar kematian Chavez diumumkan oleh Wakil Presiden Nicolas Maduro pada Selasa (5/3) waktu setempat. Ia meninggal akibat penyakit kanker yang dideritanya.
Caracas (B2B) - Hugo Chavez named Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias complete, was President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death on March 5, 2013.
Hugo Chavez was born in a working class family in Sabaneta, Barinas, on July 28, 1954.
Chavez underwent a military career, and when he was dissatisfied with the political system he founded the Movement of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution-200 (Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement/MBR-200) in the early 1980s.
Wikipedia notes, the husband of Marisabel Rodriguez led the MBR-200 in an unsuccessful coup against the government of President Carlos Andes Perez in 1992, so he was sent to prison.
After two years of release from prison, he founded a social democratic party called the Fifth Republic Movement, and was elected president of Venezuela in 1998.
At the beginning of its leadership, Hugo Chavez pushing constitutional amendments that raise new rights for marginalized groups and altered the structure of government of Venezuela. That led to his re-election in the 2000 election.
During the second period of his leadership, he introduced a system known as "Bolivarian Mission" and "Communal Council" to form cooperatives run by the workers.
Chavez also runs a program of agrarian reform and the nationalization of key industries in Venezuela.
In the 2012 elections, Chavez won the presidential election for the fourth time by beating Henrique Capriles.
Chavez is a major figure in the alliance "anti-imperialist" spirit of global reach Belarus in Europe and Iran in the Middle East. He will be missed by the state government's anti-United States.
During Chavez's lead, Venezuela foreign policy strongly allied with Fidel Castro's communist government, which passed to Raul Castro in Cuba. In addition, Chavez is also closely allied to the Socialist-led government of Evo Morales in Bolivia, Rafael Correa in Ecuador and Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua.
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez directed to join a socialist state "pink wave", "Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas", the southern bank (the Bank of South), and the regional television network, Telesur.
Chavez's death was announced by Vice President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday (5/3) local time. He died of cancer illness.
