Recently in a television interview Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez advised kids with insomnia to watch his interviews if they wanted to fall asleep
Recently in a television interview Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez advised kids with insomnia to watch his interviews if they wanted to fall asleep. We give you more information about the leader who has his tongue firmly in cheek:u00a0
'u00a0Hugo Chavez was born in a mud hut near Sabaneta to a poor family in Venezuela's plains. As a kid, he aspired to be a painter and later dreamed of being a professional baseball player.
'u00a0Besides politics, Chavez has hosted live talk shows. He's famous for his speeches that often drag on and on. His weekly Sunday talk show has gone on for eight hours.
'u00a0He played baseball professionally with the Criollitos de Venezuela, progressing with them to the Venezuelan National Baseball Championships in 1969. Chavez also wrote numerous poems, stories and theatrical pieces.
'u00a0A former lieutenant colonel, Chavez spent much of his later military career conspiring with other leftist officials to overthrow the country's corrupt political order. He led a 1992 coup that failed but made him famous and drove him toward the presidency.
'u00a0He made it to a magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people in 2005 and 2006.
