Editing Hugo Chávez (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:Chavez-MeridaII.jpg|alt=Chavez-MeridaII|left|thumb|A mural of Hugo Chávez in [[Mérida, Mérida|Mérida]] city]]
* Syndicated cartoonists from around the world created cartoons, illustrations, and videos of Hugo Chávez's controversial political career and the reactions to his death.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-cartoons-the-quotable-hugo-chavez-20130308,0,4564213.photogallery?index=la-ol-hugo-chavez-on-capitalism-20130308|title=Hugo Chavez Cartoons and Comics|first=Steve |last=Brodner|date=8 March 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=21 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecontributor.com/humor/cartoonists-say-goodbye-hugo-chavez|title=Cartoonists Say Goodbye to Hugo Chavez|author=<!--staff writer; no by-line.-->|date=6 March 2013|publisher=The Contributor|access-date=21 April 2013|archive-date=15 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315130134/http://thecontributor.com/humor/cartoonists-say-goodbye-hugo-chavez|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/directory/H/Hugo_Chavez.asp
|title=Hugo Chavez Cartoons and Comics|author=<!--staff writer; no by-line.-->|date=21 April 2013|publisher=News Cartoons, Cartoonstock|access-date=21 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://photos.mercurynews.com/2013/03/07/cartoons-hugo-chavezs-death/|title=Hugo Chavez Cartoons and Comics|author=<!--staff writer; no by-line.-->|date=7 March 2013|newspaper=The Mercury News|access-date=7 April 2013|archive-date=16 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616043702/http://photos.mercurynews.com/2013/03/07/cartoons-hugo-chavezs-death/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Chávez was indirectly/subliminally portrayed in two Venezuelan [[telenovela]]s from the 2000s, which were critical of his government: [[A calzón quita'o|A Calzón Quitado]] from 2001 (with the character of Pedro Elías Ferrer), produced by [[RCTV]], and [[Cosita rica]] from 2003 (with the character of Olegario Pérez), produced by [[Venevisión]]. In both telenovelas Chávez was "played" by the actor [[Carlos Cruz (actor)|Carlos Cruz]], with whom he shares a similar physical appearance. His ex-wife (current wife at that moment), [[Marisabel Rodríguez de Chávez|Marisabel Rodríguez]], was also portrayed in the first production, by [[Alba Roversi]] (with the character of Clara Inés Ramírez).<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Los medios y la telenovela a 10 años de "Cosita Rica", por Carolina Acosta-Alzuru « Prodavinci |url=https://historico.prodavinci.com/2013/09/30/actualidad/los-medios-y-la-telenovela-en-venezuela-a-10-anos-de-cosita-rica-por-carolina-acosta-alzuru/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531190553/https://historico.prodavinci.com/2013/09/30/actualidad/los-medios-y-la-telenovela-en-venezuela-a-10-anos-de-cosita-rica-por-carolina-acosta-alzuru/ |archive-date=31 May 2023 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=historico.prodavinci.com |language=es-ES |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Oliver Stone]] directed the 2009 documentary ''[[South of the Border (2009 film)|South of the Border]]'', where he "sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America, while interviewing seven of its elected presidents". Chávez appears in one segment being interviewed by Stone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movies.ie/movies/South_of_the_Border |title=South of the Border |date=30 December 2010 |publisher=Movies.is |access-date=21 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801081141/http://www.movies.ie/movies/South_of_the_Border |archive-date=1 August 2010}}</ref>
* In 2011, he appeared in a game ''[[Postal III]]''.[[File:Artículos comerciales sobre Hugo Chávez.jpg|thumb|upright|Bolivarian memorabilia for sale in [[Venezuela]], 2006]]
* On 5 March 2014, Oliver Stone and [[teleSUR]] released the documentary film ''[[Mi amigo Hugo]]'' (''My Friend Hugo''), a documentary about his political life, one year after his death.
* Hugo Chávez and most of the other Latin American presidents are parodied in the animated web page ''[[Isla Presidencial]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/04/la-isla-presidencial-keep_n_2806971.html|title= 'La Isla Presidencial' Keeps Venezuelans Laughing, Despite Contentious Politics |date= 3 April 2013|work=HuffPost|access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref>
*The 2016 documentary ''[[El ocaso del socialismo mágico]]'' explores the effects of Chávez's [[populism]] and his victory in the [[1998 Venezuelan presidential election|1998 presidential elections]], as well as his mistakes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 December 2017|title=El ocaso del socialismo mágico – PLAY TV|url=https://www.abc.es/play/television/programas/el-ocaso-del-socialismo-magico-42237/|access-date=11 September 2021|website=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]|language=es|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326042320/https://www.abc.es/play/television/programas/el-ocaso-del-socialismo-magico-42237/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=14 November 2016|title=Proyección: El ocaso del socialismo mágico|url=https://elucabista.com/2016/11/14/proyeccion-ocaso-del-socialismo-magico/|access-date=11 September 2021|website=El Ucabista|language=es}}</ref>
* [[Sony Pictures Television]] produces a TV series called [[El Comandante (TV series)|''El Comandante'']] about the life of Hugo Chávez with 102 episodes.
*The 2018 documentary ''[[Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century]]'' ({{Langx|es|[[Chavismo]]: la peste del siglo XXI}}), analysis of the causes, social, political and economic that caused the rise of Chávez as president of Venezuela; "his abuse of power and the response of civil society, including the student movement; his political fall and as the secrecy that surrounded his illness and the succession of Nicolás Maduro".<ref>{{cite news|title='Chavismo: la peste del siglo XXI' es premiado como mejor documental en Nueva York|language=Spanish|agency=El Nuevo País|url=https://elnuevopais.net/2018/11/01/chavismo-la-peste-del-siglo-xxi-es-premiado-como-mejor-documental-en-nueva-york/|access-date=11 December 2018|archive-date=2 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102191132/https://elnuevopais.net/2018/11/01/chavismo-la-peste-del-siglo-xxi-es-premiado-como-mejor-documental-en-nueva-york/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*The documentary film released in 2018 ''[[El pueblo soy yo]]'' (English: ''I am the people''), directed by Venezuelan filmmaker {{ill|Carlos Oteyza|es}} and produced by Mexican historian [[Enrique Krauze]], explores the populism of Chávez.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sánchez Amaya|first1=Humberto|title=El pueblo soy yo, un documental para evitar la indiferencia|language=Spanish|agency=El Nacional|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/entretenimiento/pueblo-soy-documental-para-evitar-indiferencia_263316|access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref>

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