User blog comment:Nkbeeching/Bolivar and Chavez/@comment-1738490-20130315215958

As a latin american, living in a country which's government follows the demagoguery practices of Chávez, I must say:

1. Equal to Bolívar? Not. Bolívar was a monarchist who wanted a near-autocratic government (led by himself, off course). Chávez was a communist.

2. I don't think Chávez was a demagoge. I mean, he is, be cause he used dictatorial and populist measures to size his people's approval and silent his political opponents. Yet, while I do think most of the Chávez-like latin american leaders (CFK, Evo Morales, Raúl Castro), with some exceptions, are just demagoges who approach the moment to use this pseudo-socialsit wave to obtain power and money; Chávez really believed in what he preached, and always respected the decisions of his people (in elections and referendums, I mean...).