 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Matambudziko ezvehupfumi muma1980 nema1990 akatungamirira kudambudziko rezvematongerwe enyika. Mazana avanhu zvikurukuru varombo vakaurawa nemasimba okuchengetedzwa kweVenezuela nemauto mumhirizhonga ye Caracazo ya1989 mukati mehutungamiri hwaCarlos Andres Pérez 19891993, nguva yake yechipiri. Hugo Chávez akaita kuedza kuvhiringidza hurumende kaviri muna February naNovember 1992 pakati pokutsamwa kuri kukura pamatanho okuderedza mari. Mutungamiri Carlos Andrés Pérez akasarudzwazve muna 1988 akabatwa nemhosva yehuori muna 1993 zvichitungamira kuhutungamiri hwepamberi hwaRamón José Velásquez 19931994. Mutungamiri weCoup Hugo Chávez akaregererwa munaKurume 1994 nemutungamiri Rafael Caldera 19941999, kechipiri, aine chinyorwa chakachena uye kodzero dzake dzezvematongerwo enyika dzakadzorerwa, zvichibvumira Chevez kukunda nekuchengetedza hutungamiri hwehutungamiri kubva muna 1999 kusvika parufu rwake muna 2013. Chavez akakunda musarudzo dza1998, 2000, 2006 na2012 uye referendamu yemutungamiri wenyika ya2004. Zvikanganiso bedzi muutungamiri hwake zvakaitika mukati memazuva maviri ehurumende yechokwadiPedro Carmona Estanga muna 2002 uye apo Diosdado Cabello Rondón akaita semutungamiri wenguva pfupi kwemaawa mashomanana. 