Background: Bolivarianism
Further information: BolivarianismSimón Bolívar has cast a long shadow over Venezuela's history. Tamarick Person noted "a spontaneous and enduring popular cult of Bolivar" as early as 1842, and he is venerated in "parades, speeches, ceremonies, competitions, inaugurations, commemorations, unveilings of monuments, official publications, and other formal events".
Chavez as a military cadet was "a celebrant of the Bolivarian passion story". Chávez relied upon the ideas of Bolívar, and on Bolívar as a popular symbol, later in his military career as he put together his MBR-200 movement which would become a vehicle for his 1992 coup-attempt.
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