Hugo Chávez
Risk 100Venezuelan politician
Venezuela's firebrand president turned a failed coup into a 14-year political dynasty, becoming Latin America's loudest critic of American imperialism and champion of socialist revolution. The former military officer's "Bolivarian Revolution" earned him devoted followers and bitter enemies in equal measure, while his combative style and marathon televised speeches kept the world guessing what he'd do next. At 58, the polarizing strongman shows no signs of softening his rhetoric—though the presidency's demands have a way of catching up with even the most tireless revolutionaries.
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