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'''Criticism of [[Hugo Chávez]]''' discusses allegations and criticism against the current [[List of Presidents of Venezuela|President]] of [[Venezuela]].  

(contracted; show full) run for a third term in 2013?”</ref>  Chávez has said that if the opposition boycotts the [[Venezuelan presidential election, 2006|2006 Venezuelan presidential election]], he might hold a [[referendum]] to abolish the presidential term limit of 12 years and allow him to run for re-election "indefinitely".<ref>{{cite news | first = Christopher | last = Toothaker | author = | coauthors =| url = http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-chavez07.html | title = 25 more years of Hugo Ch
áavez? | work = Associated Press | publisher = Chicago Sun-Times | pages = | page = | date = [[2006-05-07]] | accessdate = 2006-07-24 | language = }}</ref>  According to an article in ''The Washington Post'' a program called [[Mission Identidad|"Mission Identity"]], to fast track voter registration of immigrants to Venezuela &mdash; including Chávez supporters benefiting from his subsidies &mdash; has been put in place prior to the upcoming 2006 presidential electio(contracted; show full)ando Andreu of the National Audience that the Spanish courts would not be able to try Chávez because of his position as an acting President. However, the Spanish State's Attorney and the magistrates of the Penal Court of Appeals stated that the lawsuit was well founded and the case was consequently forwarded to the ICC (The International Criminal Court June 2003, Victims Compensation; Vol. 19, No. 6).<ref>No Peace Without Justice.  [http://www.npwj.org/?q=node/1545 "Venezuela's Hugo Ch
áavez investigated by the International Criminal Court."] Accessed 23 May 2006.</ref> On February 9, 2006 [[Luis Moreno Ocampo]], Chief Prosecutor of the ICC, concluded that the requirements to continue the investigation were not satisfied according to the [[Rome Statute]]. However, this conclusion could be reconsidered in the light of new evidence.<ref>International Criminal Court.  [http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/organs/otp/OTP_letter_to_senders_re_Venezuela_9_February_2006.pdf "re: Ve(contracted; show full)
''[[The New York Times]]'' has represented Chàvez as "thriving on the atmosphere of confrontation" between Venezuela and the U.S.<ref> Forero, J. NY Times.[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/11/international/americas/11venezuela.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fC%2fChavez%2c%20Hugo People:  Hugo Ch
áavez.]</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' has described him as an "ideologue".<ref name=Sanchez>Sanchez, Marcela. (''Washington Post'', 25 Aug 2005). [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/25/AR2005082501420.html "Dealing With the Good and Bad Hugo Cháavez".] Retrieved 05 Nov 2005.</ref> A [[PBS]] discussion panel has said that  Chávez's actions are "hurtful to Venezuela's democracy" and that he is "making all types of unfounded allegations about what the U.S. is up to in Venezuela."<ref>Suarez, R.[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/jan-june05/chavez_4-25.html U.S.-Venezuelan Tensions Persist.] ''PBS''.  Accessed 23 May 2006.</ref>

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Critics of Israel have hailed Chávez.  The vice-chairman of [[Hizballah]]'s political council, Mahmoud Komati, called his actions an example for "revolutionaries", and a "London, left-wing lawmaker" said that Chávez was a "real leader of the Arab people."<ref>Goodenough, Patrick.  [http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=%5CForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200608%5CINT20060807a.html Critics of Israel Hail Hugo Ch
áavez.] CNSNews.com (7 August 2006).</ref>

===Calls for assassination===
Chávez has consistently said that he expects America to assassinate him, further to suppress Latin American growth and revolution. Several public figures have called for the assassination of Chávez, most notably televangelist [[Pat Robertson]], saying, "We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability," and "If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think th(contracted; show full)

==Personal==
Hugo Chávez has been married twice. He first married [[Nancy Colmenares]] and they remained married for eighteen years. They separated soon after Chávez's 1992 coup attempt, but have remained good friends since,<ref>''La Semana''. [http://semana.terra.com.co/opencms/opencms/Semana/articulo.html?id=36699 "Entrevista Hugo Ch
áavez: Me declaro amigo de Colombia".] Retrieved 09 Nov 2005.</ref> although she has denounced his policies on Venezuelan television.{{fact}} 

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