* 2012 – A primary election is held in Venezuela to choose the contendent against Hugo Chávez, the then current president of Venezuela.

* 1992 – A coup d ' état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.

President Hugo Chávez is brought to military barracks.

* July 30 – Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez is reelected with 59 % of the vote.

* December 6 – Hugo Chávez, politician and former member of the Venezuelan military, is elected President of Venezuela.

Perhaps the best known television show internationally is however President Hugo Chávez ' weekly talkshow Aló Presidente, which began in 1999.

A vocal critic of the FTAA is Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, who has described it as an " annexation plan " and a " tool of imperialism " for the exploitation of Latin America.

In Venezuela, president Hugo Chávez said in a speech on January 2008 that he chews coca every day, and that his " hook up " is Bolivian president Evo Morales.

Morales is a left oriented politician and a close friend of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.

Julio César Chávez ( born Julio César Chávez González on July 12, 1962 ) is a retired Mexican professional boxer.

He is the father of prospect Omar Chávez and former WBC Middleweight Champion Julio César Chávez, Jr.

Fernando is very good friends with Julio César Chávez ; Chavez has been part of Vargas ' ring entourage in at least two fights ( the fight with Trinidad and the fight with De La Hoya ).

Opponents of Chávez claim that the government is abusing freedom of speech and press, especially after periodic inspections of the Venezuelan National Telecommunications Commission ( CONATEL ) and the implementation of the controversial Social Responsibility in Radio and Television Law ( best known as Ley Resorte ).

Jorge Chávez International Airport, known as Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez in Spanish, is Peru's main international and domestic airport.

The festival was founded in 1994 by authors Denise Chávez and Susan Tweit, and Chávez is the Executive Director of the festival.

What began merely as an undercard world title fight in a Pay Per View program featuring Félix Trinidad vs Oba Carr and Julio César Chávez vs Tony Lopez, soon became a fight that is part of boxing's lore.

Mexico is also known for its boxing tradition, having produced world champions such as Julio César Chávez, Salvador Sánchez, José Nápoles, Ricardo Lopez, Rubén Olivares, Carlos Zarate, Érik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Sugar Ramos, and Juan Manuel Márquez.

In 2006, FAIR criticized U. S. media coverage of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, taking issue with the assertion that "... Hugo Chávez is an autocrat who has consolidated one-party rule ".

Cooder's 2005 album Chávez Ravine was touted by his record label as being " a post-World War II-era American narrative of ' cool cats ', radios, UFO sightings, J. Edgar Hoover, red scares, and baseball "— the record is a tribute to the long-gone Los Angeles Latino enclave known as Chávez Ravine.

Chávez ' status as an emerging legend was cemented by the bout, and for the next several years he was widely considered the best fighter in the world.

In the early years after his release, Chávez considered the possibility of another coup attempt, but with the prospects appearing slim, some advisers, notably Luis Miquilena, urged him to reconsider his scepticism of the elections, arguing that Chávez could potentially win so convincingly that the establishment would not be able to deny him victory.

Campas, who had been considered by many Mexicans to be the next Chávez, dropped Trinidad in round two, but he lost, for his first professional defeat in 57 bouts.

Chávez is known for his defense, specifically his exceptional arm, and is considered to call a solid game.

Chávez bats and throws left-handed and is considered to have good fielding skills, speed, and the ability to hit to all parts of the field.

In the early years after his release, Chávez considered the possibility of another coup attempt, but with the prospects appearing slim, some advisers, notably Luis Miquilena, urged him to reconsider his scepticism of the elections, arguing that Chávez could potentially win so convincingly that the establishment would not be able to deny him victory.

Considered one of the greatest fighters in history, Chávez won six world titles in three weight divisions: WBC Super Featherweight ( 1984 ), WBA Lightweight ( 1987 ), WBC Lightweight ( 1988 ), WBC Light Welterweight ( 1989 ), IBF Light Welterweight ( 1990 ) and WBC Light Welterweight ( 1994 ) for the second time.

In 2002, The Ring ranked Chávez as the 18th greatest fighter of the last 80 years.

Soon, Julio César Chávez would replace him in the hearts of many Mexican boxing fans as their greatest fighter ever.

Until Julio César Chávez came onto the scene, Olivares was the boxer most fans recognized as Mexico's greatest boxer ever.

After the bout, Sports Illustrated ran the headline, " Time To Hail César: WBA Lightweight Champion César Chávez of Mexico may be the world's best fighter.

He patiently but relentlessly stalked and closed in on the other fighter, ignoring whatever punishment he took for the chance to dish out his own at close range, particularly in the form of a crunching body attack that would either wear down his opponents until they collapsed in pain and exhaustion, or became too tired to defend as Chávez shifted his attack to the head and went for a knockout.

On October 1 of that year, Pat Chávez became the first person to last the distance with Jorrín, losing a six round decision to the Sacramento fighter.

Johnson defended his title for the first time on September 17, 2005, against Mexican fighter Jesús Chávez.

After winning re-election in December 2006, Chávez said, " Now more than ever, I am obliged to move Venezuela's path towards socialism.

In 1940 he produced concerts at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and by 1945, Chávez had come to be regarded as the foremost Mexican composer and conductor ( Slonimsky 1945, 230 – 31 ).

Ordóñez is a supporter of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, and in early 2009 appeared in a televised political ad which assured the Venezuelan people that " the best of the revolution is yet to come.

Chávez won his first championship, the vacant WBC Super Featherweight title, on September 13, 1984, by knocking out fellow Mexican Mario " Azabache " Martínez at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.

On April 19, 1985, Chávez defended his title against number one ranked contender Ruben Castillo ( 63-4-2 ) by knocking him out in the sixth round.

While many hoped for an immediate rematch, Taylor moved up in weight in his next bout and the fighters did not meet again until 1994 when Chávez dominated and then knocked out a faded Taylor in eight rounds.

His defeat was avenged two years later by his son, Julio César Chávez, Jr., who knocked Wiley out in the third round of their fight.

He frequently hit Chávez with dazzling combinations and danced around the other man, making it difficult for Chávez, a skilled combination puncher who relied on an accumulation of damage to knock out his foes, to land more than one blow at a time.

Going into the final round, Taylor held a secure lead on the scorecards of two of the three judges, ( Dave Moretti and Jerry Roth had the score 107-102 and 108-101 respectively for Taylor, while Chuck Giampa had Chávez ahead 105-104 ), and the sense for everyone watching was that Chávez would have to knock Taylor out to claim a victory, whereas Taylor merely needed to stay away from the Mexican legend.

But regardless of that, every tick of the clock brought Taylor closer to victory unless Chávez could knock him out.

He was also knocked out in a 1994 rematch with Chávez.

To find out whether this was the case, Chávez set up teams of psychologists, sociologists, university professors and students to carry out a survey.

Since March of 1988, as commentator he has called some of boxing's most famous moments, such as Thunder Meets Lightning, when Julio César Chávez saved himself from a decision defeat by knocking out Meldrick Taylor ( who was leading the fight on two of the three official scorecards ) with only two seconds to go in the last round ; James " Buster " Douglas's upset of Mike Tyson for the World Heavyweight championship.

The following day Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez stood in solidarity with his Bolivian allies by ordering the U. S. ambassador Patrick Duddy out of his country, telling him to " go to hell 100 times " and withdrawing the Venezuelan ambassador to the U. S.

* September 13-Julio César Chávez knocks out Mario Martinez in round eight at Los Angeles, to win the vacant WBC world Jr. Lightweight title, his first of multiple titles.

* May 13-Julio César Chávez becomes the thirteenth boxer to win world titles in three or more different categories, knocking out Roger Mayweather in ten rounds in their rematch, to win the WBC's world Jr. Welterweight title in Los Angeles.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized Hugo Chávez for various statements, including his January 2006 statement that “ he world is for all of us, then, but it so happens that a minority, the descendants of the same ones that crucified Christ, the descendants of the same ones that kicked Bolívar out of here and also crucified him in their own way over there in Santa Marta, in Colombia.

During his incarceration he came into contact with Blas Chávez, a World War II veteran who had been involved in New Mexico politics and ended up out of favor with the powerful.

He claims that José Chávez Morado, Guillermo González Camarena and the Frente Popular de Artes Plasticas were envious of him and accused him of working with the CIA in the 1950s when he was coming out against mainstream artists.

The undercard included a young Mike Tyson knocking out Reggie Gross in the first round and Julio César Chávez ( who would later beat Camacho, Ramirez and Rosario ) defending his WBC world Jr. Lightweight title with a seventh round knockout of Refugio Rojas.

Chávez finished out the 2004 season with the Expos affiliate Edmonton Trappers.

On October 3, 2004 Chávez recorded the final out in Montreal Expos history in their 8 – 1 loss to the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.

After a ball was hit hard and deep to left field by Jorge Cantú, Chávez fully extended to make the catch for the final out of the inning.