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After winning the presidential election in December 1998, Hugo Chávez undertook a fundamental reorganization of the Venezuelan foreign policy and proclaimed the Bolivarian Revolution, referring directly to the Simón Bolívar's legacy and aiming to build 'the socialism of the 20th century' in Venezuela, based on the petroleum export profits. However, the revolutionary rhetoric used by the new president...