Later, he used tactics such as assigning voters to precints on the opposite side of the country to solidify power.
This man created the MBR-200 movement to eliminate the puntofijismo system; that later became the Fifth Republic Movement. One joke following this man's imprisonment for an attempted coup against Carlos Andres Perez said that he deserved 30 years in prison, one year for trying and 29 for failing. Later, he used tactics such as assigning voters to precints on the opposite side of the country to solidify power. This army paratrooper was nicknamed "El Comandante" after winning Perez's office in 1998 and joked about still smelling the sulfur left by a previous speaker on the podium at the United Nations, part of his years-long war of insults with George W. Bush. For 10 points name this man who obtained emergency powers after his party's loss of legislative seats in the 2010 election in Venezuela.
This man created the MBR-200 movement to eliminate the puntofijismo system; that later became the Fifth Republic Movement.
Hugo Chavez