Across the political spectrum, Chávez is regarded as one of the most influential and controversial politicians in the modern history of Venezuela and Latin America. His 14-year presidency marked the start of the socialist "pink tide" sweeping Latin Americahe supported Latin American and Caribbean cooperation and was instrumental in setting up the pan-regional Union of South American Nations, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, the Bank of the South and the regional television network TeleSUR. Internationally, Chávez aligned himself with the Marxist–Leninist governments of Fidel and then Raúl Castro in Cuba, as well as the socialist governments of Evo Morales in Bolivia, Rafael Correa in Ecuador and Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua. Chávez's ideas, programs, and style form the basis of "Chavismo", a political ideology closely associated with Bolivarianism and socialism of the 21st century. Chávez described his policies as anti-imperialist, being a prominent adversary of the United States's foreign policy as well as a vocal opponent of neoliberalism and laissez-faire capitalism. He described himself as a Marxist.
across the political spectrum chávez is regarded as one of the most influential and controversial politicians in the modern history of venezuela and latin america his 14-year presidency marked the start of the socialist "pink tide" sweeping latin americahe supported latin american and caribbean cooperation and was instrumental in setting up the pan-regional union of south american nations the community of latin american and caribbean states the bolivarian alliance for the americas the bank of the south and the regional television network telesur internationally chávez aligned himself with the marxist–leninist governments of fidel and then raúl castro in cuba as well as the socialist governments of evo morales in bolivia rafael correa in ecuador and daniel ortega in nicaragua chávez's ideas programs and style form the basis of "chavismo" a political ideology closely associated with bolivarianism and socialism of the 21st century chávez described his policies as anti-imperialist being a prominent adversary of the united states's foreign policy as well as a vocal opponent of neoliberalism and laissez-faire capitalism he described himself as a marxist