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 - journalist and author -
@albardach,
Jeff Davidow - Cohen Group
Host:
Warren Olney
Producers:
Caitlin Shamberg,
Sonya Geis,
Katie Cooper