Under the populist rule of President Hugo Chavez, first elected in 1998 and re-elected to a six-year term in December 2006, Venezuela has undergone enormous political changes, with a constitution and unicameral legislature, and a different name for the country, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Under the populist rule of President Hugo Chavez, first elected in 1998 and re-elected to a six-year term in December 2006, Venezuela has undergone en...