Venezuela and Hugo Chavez
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- What country did the United States favor, in opposition to Venezuela, for the open seat at the UN Security Council in 2006?
- Guatemala
- What year did Hugo Chavez orchestrate a failed coup against then-president Carlos Andres Perez?
- 1992
- What year was Hugo Chavez first elected president?
- 1988
- What is the name of the Venezuelan presidential palace?
- Miraflores
- How many years did Chavez spend in Yare prison?
- 2
- Which president pardoned Chavez after his release from prison?
- President Rafael Caldera
- With what percentage of the vote did Chavez win the presidency in 1998?
- 56%
- When did Venezuelans vote to create a new constitution?
- July 1999
- What new name did the 1999 constitution give Venezuela?
- Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- How many years did the new constitution give a presidential term, from the previous 5?
- 6
- In what year was Chavez first RE elected?
- 2000
- In what year did Chavez experience a coup attempt by the military?
- 2002
- Who was Venezuela's interim president during the 2002 coup?
- Pedro Carmona
- How long did Carmona hold onto power?
- 5 days
- When did the massive PDVSA strike begin?
- December 2, 2002
- What did Chavez' 'Mission Robinson' promote?
- Children's reading, writing, and math
- Who did Chavez' 'Mission Guaicaipuro' seek to help?
- Venezuela's indigenous
- What did 'Mission Sucre' promote?
- Higher education
- Who did 'Mission Ribas' target?
- high-school dropouts
- What group was most active in collecting signatures for the anti-Chavez referendum?
- Sumate
- What National Assembly member made the identities of the petition signers public?
- Luis Tason
- When was the recall vote held?
- August 15, 2004
- What percentage voted to 'no' to the recall attempt?
- 59%
- What did 'Mission Identity' promote?
- fast track voter registration of immigrants
- What did 'Mission Miranda' establish?
- national citizen militia
- When did Chavez declare that the FTAA is 'dead'?
- March 4, 2005
- When did Chavez ban the Christian group 'New Tribes Mission' from the country?
- October 2005
- What does 'Mission Zamora' promote?
- land reform
- What did 'Mission Mercal' set up?
- government-subsidized grocery stores
- Who does 'Mission Piar' seek to benefit?
- small-scale miners