Chavez lead a country rich with natural resources and NEVER improved it. Think of the oil the United States bought from Venezuela, you would assume that the kind of money needed to buy what America needs would be substantial but did the poor people that Hugo championed benefit from Chavez's dictatorship?

NO

27.4% of the people live below the poverty line (2012)
26.1% Inflation (2012)
-4.9% of GDP budget deficet (2011) and grew to about -5.2% of GDP in 2012 despite record oil prices.

Meanwhile Chavez leaves his family an estate valued at around 2 Billion dollars....yes, champion the poor & line your own pockets. Just another 2 bit thug dictator