详细介绍：When Hug o Chávez sto rmed to power in Venezuela in 1 998 he promise d to transf orm the li ves of the poo r. But now 2 0 years on, 90 percent of fa milies in Venez uela say the y do not have enough t o eat - a nd the United Nations predict s that over f ive million people will h ave fle d the countr y by the e nd of 201 9. Chávez was at the helm of the country w ith the lar gest prove n oil rese rves in the wor ld, and set about sp ending Venezu ela’s vast o il weal th. Around th e world he wa s hailed as a new hope fo r Socialis m by some politician s. A precurs or to many of today’s populis t leade rs, Cháve z bypassed tra ditional media and sp oke direc tly to the p eople through his weekly li ve TV show. To ld by man y of those who knew him, thi s is the story of incr edible s hort-term achi evements in hea lth and educati on, but also of the tragic legacy o f his id ealism, pop ulism and ruthless pursuit of abso lute power. With po pulist movement s increa singly t aking po wer in cou ntries around the wo rld, it’ s a story that& #39;s now mor e relevan t than ever. Part of BBC Two’s award-w ining This World strand .详情