The Washington Post, October 15th, 2000
To celebrate Columbus Day, a holiday here as well as in the United States, Venezuela's controversial president, Hugo Chavez, set off to tour the countryside. At the wheel of a Jeep, he argued vociferously that he has been misunderstood by the foreign media. He said that he is leading a revolution to improve the lives of the majority of Venezuelans, while rejecting the notion that he is an autocrat trying to centralize power in his own hands, as many claim. The 46-year-old Chavez, who took office in February 1999, also has attracted attention recently for his growing influence in the Organizati...
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