Editing Hugo Chávez (section)

==Personal life==
Chávez married twice. He first wed Nancy Coromoto Colmenares ({{died-in|2022}}), a woman from a poor family in Chávez's hometown of Sabaneta. Chávez and Colmenares remained married for 18 years, during which time they had three children: Rosa Virginia, born on September 6, 1978, [[María Gabriela Chávez|María Gabriela]], born on March 12, 1980, and Hugo Rafael, born on October 14, 1982; the last of whom suffers from behavioural problems.<ref name="MarcanoTyszka 254-255">[[#Mar07|Marcano and Tyszka 2007]]. pp. 254–255.</ref> The couple separated soon after Chávez's 1992 coup attempt. During his first marriage, Chávez had an affair with historian [[Herma Marksman]]; their relationship lasted nine years.<ref>Byrne, Jennifer. [http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/stories/s882059.htm "Venezuela – Bolivarian Revolution"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526160431/http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/stories/s882059.htm |date=26 May 2006 }}.''Foreign Correspondent''. 3 June 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2005.</ref> Chávez's second wife was journalist [[Marisabel Rodríguez de Chávez]], from whom he separated in 2002 and divorced in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2008/11/17/ex-wifes-mayoral-campaign-embarrasses-chavez/ | title=Ex-wife's mayoral campaign embarrasses Chavez | first=Rebecca | last=Frankel | work=[[Foreign Policy]] | date=17 November 2008}}</ref> Through that marriage, Chávez had another daughter, Rosinés, born on September 23, 1997.<ref name="MarcanoTyszka 254">[[#Mar07|Marcano and Tyszka 2007]]. p. 254.</ref><ref name="MarcanoTyszka 254-255"/><ref>Guevara, Aleida, and Hugo Chávez. ''Chávez, Venezuela and the new Latin America''. New York: Ocean Press. 2005. p 95.</ref> When Chávez was released from prison, he initiated affairs with women that had been his followers.<ref name=LOVE>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VayMEAAAQBAJ |last1=Rory |first1=Carroll | title=Comandante: Hugo Chavez's Venezuela | date=25 February 2014 | location=New York | publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=978-0143124887 |pages=49–52}}</ref> Allegations were also made that Chávez was a womanizer throughout both his marriages, having encounters with actresses, journalists, ministers, and ministers' daughters.<ref name=LOVE/> The allegations remained unproven and are contradicted by statements provided by other figures close to him,<ref>[[#Mar07|Marcano and Tyszka 2007]]. pp. 230–232.</ref> though one retired aide shared that while Chávez was married to Marisabel and afterward, he participated in liaisons with women and gave them gifts, with some rumors among his aides stating that some of the women bore children from Chávez.<ref name=LOVE/>

On May 1, 2005, his fifth daughter, Génesis María, was born; the result of his relationship with [[Barinas Municipality|Barinese]], Bexhi Lisette Segura (1971); who was the Venezuelan [[Consul (representative)|Consul]] in [[Guayaquil]] and on May 3, 2008, his last daughter, Sara Manuela, was born; the result of his relationship with the [[flight attendant]], Nidia Coromoto Fajardo (1966); who was the Venezuelan consul in [[Lisbon]] and [[Montreal]], respectively. He also had five grandchildren: Gabriela Alejandra Rivero, born in April 1998 (daughter of María). Manuel Alejandro Prieto and Jorge Alejandro Arreaza, born in September 2003 and 2007 respectively, (children of Rosa) and Hugo Rafael, born in March 2013 and Miranda, born in November 2014 (children of "Huguito").

Those who were very close to Chávez felt that he had [[bipolar disorder]].<ref name=BIPOLAR>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VayMEAAAQBAJ | last=Rory | first=Carroll | title=Comandante : Hugo Chavez's Venezuela | date=25 February 2014 | location=New York | publisher=[[Penguin Books]] | isbn=978-0143124887 | pages=92–93}}</ref> Salvador Navarrete, a physician that treated Chávez during his first years in the presidency believed that Chávez was bipolar.<ref name=BIPOLAR/> In 2010, [[Alberto Müller Rojas]], then vice president of Chávez's party, PSUV, stated that Chávez had "a tendency toward [[cyclothymia]]—[[mood swing]]s that range from moments of extreme euphoria to moments of despondence".<ref name=BIPOLAR/> A different explanation was that such behavior was a tactic used by Chávez to attack opponents and polarize.<ref name=BIPOLAR/>

Chávez was a [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]]. He intended at one time to become a priest. He saw his socialist policies as having roots in the teachings of Jesus Christ ([[liberation theology]]),<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN1819661120070519/ | title=Chávez demands Pope apologize for Indian comments | work=[[Reuters]] | date=19 May 2007}}</ref> and he publicly used the slogan of "Christ is with the Revolution!"<ref>Chávez quoted in [[#Mar07|Marcano and Tyszka 2007]]. p. 140.</ref> Although he traditionally kept his own faith a private matter, Chávez over the course of his presidency became increasingly open to discussing his religious views, stating that he interpreted Jesus as a Communist.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2007/01/11/with-marx-lenin-and-jesus-christ | title=With Marx, Lenin and Jesus Christ | newspaper=[[The Economist]] | date=11 January 2007}}</ref> He was, in general, a [[liberal Catholicism|liberal Catholic]], some of whose declarations were disturbing to the religious community of his country. In 2008, he said that an [[afterlife]] does not exist.<ref>Jairo Vargas (2013). "[http://www.latino-news.com/ni-el-poder-ni-el-dinero/ Ni el poder ni el dinero...] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517114516/http://www.latino-news.com/ni-el-poder-ni-el-dinero/ |date=17 May 2014 }}". Latino News</ref> He also believed in [[Charles Darwin]]'s [[theory of evolution]], stating that "it is a lie that God created man from the ground".{{clarify|reason=this is not contrary to Catholicism. As much as Chavez CAN be organized, probably his disagreements with Catholics ought to be kept separate from disagreements with other religions|date=July 2015}}<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.notiactual.com/bocaranda-la-nueva-religiosidad-de-chavez-revela-la-gravedad-de-su-cancer/ | title=Bocaranda: La nueva religiosidad de Chávez revela la gravedad de su cáncer | trans-title=Bocaranda: Chávez's new religiosity reveals the seriousness of his cancer | work=NotiActual | date=9 April 2012 | language=es}}</ref> He cursed the state of Israel,<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nacion.com/el-mundo/chavez-condena-ataque-genocida-del-maldito-estado-de-israel/H7D2KT4UUFFQPLT2N45POS4K54/story/ | title=Chávez condena ataque "genocida" del "maldito" Estado de Israel | trans-title=Chávez condemns "genocidal" attack by the "damned" State of Israel | work=[[La Nación (Costa Rica)|La Nación]] | date=2 June 2010 | location=[[Caracas]] | language=es}}</ref> and he had some disputes with both the Venezuelan Catholic clergy and Protestant groups like the [[New Tribes Mission]],<ref name=NewTribes>[[#Alf05|Alford 2005]].</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2006/02/12/mas-otaola.html | title=Chávez y sus demonios | trans-title=Chávez and his demons | first=Javier | last=Otaola | work=[[La Jornada]] | date=12 February 2006 | language=es}}</ref> whose evangelical leader he "condemned to hell".<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/internacional/2007/11/23/282912/chavez-condeno-al-infierno-a-un-lider-evangelico.html | title=Chávez condenó al "infierno" a un líder evangélico | trans-title=Chávez condemned an evangelical leader to "hell" | work=[[El Mercurio]] | date=23 November 2007 | language=es | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517130420/http://www.emol.com/noticias/internacional/2007/11/23/282912/chavez-condeno-al-infierno-a-un-lider-evangelico.html |archive-date=17 May 2014 }}</ref> In addition, he showed [[syncretism|syncretistic]] practices such as the worship of the Venezuelan goddess [[María Lionza]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3815145.stm | title=The goddess and the president | first=Mike | last=Ceaser | work=[[BBC News]] | location=[[Caracas]] | date=21 June 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chavez-summons-ancient-spirits-in-cancer-bout/ | title=Chavez summons ancient spirits in cancer bout | agency=[[Associated Press]] | work=[[CBS News]] | date=5 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://laprensa.mx/notas.asp?id=123582 | title=Chávez, después del cancer, recurre a la religión | trans-title=Chávez, after cancer, turns to religion | date=7 May 2012 | language=es | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517151531/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/845854.html| archive-date=17 May 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref> In his last years, after he discovered he had cancer, Chávez became more attached to the Catholic Church.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.aciprensa.com/noticias/44635/hugo-chavez-murio-en-el-seno-de-la-iglesia | title=Hugo Chávez murió "en el seno de la Iglesia" | trans-title=Hugo Chávez died "in the bosom of the Church" | work=ACI Prensa | date=6 March 2013 | language=es}}</ref>