Leaving Hugo Chavez National Identity

                            

KOMPAS.com - This world is unfair sometimes, like the unfair world of childhood Hugo Chavez. President of Venezuela had not had food in his childhood. He died on Tuesday (05/03/2013) at 16:25 local time in Caracas.

During his 13 years in power Chavez, world press tends to see the extremes, the revolutionary side. Chavez to nationalize private corporations, muffle opposition, silencing opponents and enemies.

However, Chavez is not a president like the late former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. Chavez does not sound to enrich themselves beyond reasonable limits. He's not Egypt's Hosni Mubarak versions.

There are positive sides Chavez, who inspired many other leaders in Latin America, such as Bolivian President Ivo Morales, President of Argentina Cristina Hernandez. There are many other leaders in the region who admire Chavez.

Is Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader, who has long been inspired Chavez. This is related to questions of independence and national identity, about the desire to be free from the pressure of capitalists based in Washington and New York, and Europe.

Chavez is an inspiration to crystallize it. During the Cold War, and as long as U.S. power is so powerful, the leaders of Latin America has always been branded as socialist extremists. Latin America is now booming economically. The leaders are busy confiscating the assets of oil and gas that had been controlled by the U.S. and Europe.

Chavez is the party that started it for real. According to data from the World Bank drastically reduced poverty in Venezuela. Chavez wishes to support its citizens, in order to avoid the poverty, he declared though not yet completely achieved.

She eventually died after a two-year battle against cancer. But he has left a legacy of national identity, and the attitude of a leader who cared citizens he leads.

"This is the positive side of the inherited Chavez," said Michael Shifter, president of Inter-American Dialogue, an organization based in Washington, told CNN on Tuesday (03/05/2013).

Something similar is said another observer. "Chavez has given a clear identity and sense of self-esteem in people who had been neglected," said Jennifer McCoy, director of the Americas Program at the Carter Center in Atlanta, USA.