CARACAS, Tuesday November 18, 2008 | Update
Hugo Chávez rides a horse during his weekly broadcast Hello, President in the western state of Apure (Photo: Miraflores Palace / Handout)
Entertainment
A biographical documentary on Hugo Chávez made in the
United Stated portrays the Venezuelan ruler as a charismatic
and buffoonish leader eager to become a myth, and brands his
socialist polices as a failure after a decade in power.
The producers of the TV program interviewed former government
officials, Chávez associates and ordinary Venezuelans
to chronicle Chávez's ascent to power. "The Hugo Chavez
Show" will be aired in English and Spanish on Tuesday, November
25 in a program of the US public channel (PBS) but will be
available online at www.pbs.org/frontline/hugochavez
beginning on Wednesday, November 19.
The documentary takes as its theme the unique weekly show
"Aló Presidente" (Hello, President), hosted by Chávez.
"The President's Sunday show becomes not only a place where
decisions are made but a place where decision-making is exhibited,
showing how the President makes the good decisions while the
ministers make mistakes. It is a mechanism, a device to keep
the President from bad decision making. Those who always appear
guilty of the mistakes are the ministers who are judged by
the president in front of 15 million viewers," says Professor
Colette Capriles, of the Simón Bolívar University.
05:09 PM. Economy. If any country has cashed in on the Bolivarian revolution, that is Brazil, particularly the private companies of the southern neighbor. Over the past five years, it has been awarded contracts for works to be carried out in Venezuela for over USD 14 billion. This puts it as the first recipient of government-to-government contracts, that is, without bidding, since Hugo Chávez took office.