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Synopsis: There's a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn't know it. Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents. In casual conversations with Presidents Hugo Chavez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and ex-President Nestor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Raul Castro (Cuba), Stone gains unprecedented access and sheds new light upon the exciting transformations in the region.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Oliver Stone
Production: Republic
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
45
NOT RATED
Year:
2009
78 min
202 Views


against their own government.

Moreover,

not gone unnoticed ...

that the majority of the population

saw Chavez as a hero.

And I guarantee

safely. . .

this will be the last time. . .

that Venezuela will

by a situation like this.

There was much celebration

in the Venezuelan capital, today ...

after the Supreme Court ordered

President Carlos Andres Perez ...

on trial for accusations

fraud.

He is accused of having

stolen $ 17 million from the government.

In 1997, Chavez decides

Condo presidential bid.

His greatest opponent is a blonde,

They begin to call the race

of the Beauty and the Beast.

The former Miss Universe employs

trembling platitudes ...

while Chavez is

preaching revolution.

And this is what the people want to hear.

In Venezuela, the election Sunday. . .

may end in an upset

leftist government.

His supporters called

voting for punishment.

And it took this man to power,

Venezuela.

The ex-army

they said go fight ...

against a tradition of corruption

and economic inequality.

In 1998, four years

after being released ...

the inflation rate in Venezuela

reach a record 78% ...

and the government have done more cuts

social spending ...

the body politic was

totally discredited.

Despite opposition from all media ...

Hugo Chavez

was elected president.

For someone who led

a coup just six years ago. . .

is so popular for the people?

We live 40 years seeing thieves

dresses politicians.

This power that you guys gave me. . .

not belong to me.

This power is of you.

You guys elected the government. . .

that will not be the Chavez government.

Because Chavez is the people.

It will be the people's government!

He has promised reforms to raise

living conditions of the poor.

Enhance democracy.

And share the profits

country's oil ...

with those who were never

benefited in the past.

In three years, Chavez

proclaimed Venezuela ...

a Bolivarian Republic.

And he began to fulfill his promise.

Statues of the beloved Simon Bolivar

The Liberator ...

watch his homeland,

Caracas.

He took six South American countries

Condo freedom.

Bolivar.

It's a photo of Bolivar. . .

in the fullness of his glory.

At its peak, Bolivar. . .

At its peak, Bolivar. . .

Peru, with all its glory.

Moreover, Bolivar thought

in terms of centuries. . .

and saw the world in terms

continents.

I'm with you, Chavez!

Hello, President!

For two consecutive days,

Bush administration officials. . .

declare your concern with

the political situation in Venezuela.

We are concerned

with some of the actions. . .

Venezuelan President

Chavez. . .

and their understanding of what is

indeed, the democratic system.

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Mark Weisbrot

Mark Alan Weisbrot is an American economist and columnist. He is co-director with Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington, D.C. Weisbrot is President of Just Foreign Policy, a non-governmental organization dedicated to reforming United States foreign policy. more…

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