During fourteen years as President, Hugo Chavez used Venezuela's vast oil resources to help the poor, which made him a hero to masses of people. It also earned the ongoing opposition of the previous ruling class while, in this country, Chavez was demonized as anti-capitalist and anti-American. What's the mood today in Caracas? What about oil, Castro's Cuba and relations with the United States?
Hugo Chavez: His Life and Legacy
Credits
Guests:
- Juan Cristobal Nagel - Caracas Chronicles - @juannagel
- Moisés Naím - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace / The Atlantic - @moisesnaim
- Ann Louise Bardach - editor-at-large for Los Angeles Magazine - @albardach
- Jeff Davidow - Cohen Group