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Hugo Chavez is born
born July 28, 1954 -
Hugo Chavez graduates a military academy
After leaving he becomes a second lieutenant and starts fighting insurgents -
Hugo meets Douglas Bravo
Chávez arranged to meet Douglas Bravo—head of the Venezuelan Revolution Party, -
Chavez plans to take over
Chávez and some fellow military officers secretly formed the Bolivarian Movement 200 to spread the insurgents’ revolutionary ideology within the military. Their goal was to take power in a civilian-military coup d’état -
Chavez fails
Chávez and a group of military officers led an attempt to overthrow the government of Pres. Carlos Andrés Pérez. -
Hugo Chavez is released from prison
Chávez was imprisoned without a court ruling for the attempted coup -
Hugo Chavez is elected
Hugo Chavez wins the presidential election with 56 percent of the vote. -
Mega Elections
Hugo Chavez created a constitution for the country which required a new election for each office in the country -
Hugo Chavez rating goes down
In the early 2002, after Hugo Chavez criticisms of the Iraq war and the September 11 attacks, Hugo Chavez loses a lot of support -
Coup Again
A rally estimated at close to a million people marched on the president’s palace to demand Chávez’s resignation. The rally was met with pro-Chávez gunmen and National Guard troops, and a gun battle erupted, leaving dead and wounded on both sides. The violence sparked a military revolt, and, in a move widely condemned as an illegal coup d’état, the military took Chávez into custody -
Chavez returns
The military withdrew its support of the new government on April 13 and recognized Chávez’s vice president, Diosdado Cabello and he released Chavez to presidency -
Chavez controls all oil
As a sign of opposition some workers started protesting and in response Chavez fired all of them. The strike began to collapsed, and Chávez gets full control of PDVSA. -
Chavez gains power
To protest what they felt was corruption in the Chávez-dominated National Election Council (the institution that oversees elections), the opposition candidates boycotted the country’s legislative elections. But the elections proceeded without them, and Chávez’s coalition gained complete control of the National Assembly. It seemed to some political analysts that the more the opposition attacked Chávez, the stronger he became. -
Chavez gets power again after losing in 2007
A more moderate package of constitutional changes was approved in a popular referendum, clearing the way for Chávez’s perpetual reelection. Bolstered by the victory, the government launched an aggressive program to stifle dissent, arresting key political opponents, closing dozens of opposition radio stations -
Maduro wins election after Chavez dies
In presidential elections for a six-year term, Maduro narrowly defeats opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, who had lost to Chavez by a wider margin the year before. Capriles and allies say the vote was marred by fraud and call on supporters to take to the streets. -
Hugo Chavez dies