I lived in Venezuela in 1971, and I saw the deplorable conditions of the poor who lived in make-shift shanties all up and down the other side of the south mountain, where kids had to climb up and down the steep mountainside all day to carry heavy buckets of water, food, and waste to their families and older family members who could not do it themselves. The kids had no shoes, the babies had no diapers, and you could see the illness and depression of the sick..Many people here have no idea how cruelly your predecessors treated these people. In fact, i have read extensively about the reluctance of doctors, who went on strike rather than treat the poor. Americans have no idea how your relationship with Castro helped the sick people of Venezuela by volunteering to help by sending doctors who were more than "willing" to travel to Venezuela and live in the same areas as those in unsanitary conditions without plumbing or electricity.

You did the right thing and I hope you do not let me and the rest of the world down by becoming a dictator that many people here already believe you to be. our citizens know nothing about the years of revolt and revolutions Venezuela has gone through over the last hundred years alone.

The important things I would like to focus on that you have done includes giving equality to all humans,  God given rights that include a right to an education, a right to health-care, and a right to liberty, and the many, many rights you have put into the law, not only to protect the people, but also the rights of the world's natural resources just to name a few of those things you guarantee all Venezuelans. in fact, the rights you gave to the land and forestry to preserve the ecosystems by writing that into the "Constitution of Venezuela too. 

I believe that the attempted coup on you was a plan instituted by angry oil companies who didn't want to pay for the clean up of the destruction they were leaving behind after drilling in one of the richest prime forestry with hundreds of species that would surely be gone by now if you had not stepped up to defend lone of the "world's richest prime forestry in the world. 

You have also given rights to workers and made laws to them that ended slave labor and gave rights to employees that are more humane than many developed countries in the world right now. Of course, mostly I commend you for fighting and going to any length to assure that your people received medical help, housing with plumbing and electricity, and the right to a free world class education that includes colleges that students must be prepared and disciplined to earn their place in society that an education extends to all. . 

I hope you are not offended that I am posting a portion of your "Constitution of Venezuela" that you proposed and had enacted by a democratic process.I wish you all of the blessings you deserve. 

This is a part of the New Constitution desperately needed in Venezuela to ensure democracy and a life full of promise and a future to every Venezuelan regardless of class, race, religion, etc. I am skipping to Chapter VI:

Culture and Educational Rights
Article 98: Cultural creation is free. This freedom includes the right to invest in, produce and disseminate the creative, scientific, technical and humanistic work, as well as legal protection of the author's* rights in his works. The State recognizes and protects intellectual property rights in scientific, literary and artistic works, inventions, innovations, trade names, patents, trademarks and slogans, in accordance with the conditions and exceptions established by law and the international treaties executed and ratified by the Republic in this field.
Article 99: Cultural values are the unrenounceable property of the Venezuelan people and a fundamental right to be encouraged and guaranteed by the State, efforts being made to provide the necessary conditions, legal instruments, means and funding. The autonomy of the public administration of culture is recognized, on such terms as may be established by law. The State guarantees the protection and preservation, enrichment, conservation and restoration of the cultural tangible and intangible heritage and the historic memories of the nation. The assets constituting the cultural heritage of the nation are inalienable, not subject to distrait or to statute of limitations. Penalties and sanctions for damage caused to these assets shall be provided for by law.
Article 100: The folk cultures comprising the national identity of Venezuela enjoy special attention, with recognition of and respect for intercultural relations under the principle of equality of cultures. Incentives and inducements shall be provided for by law for persons, institutions and communities which promote, support, develop or finance cultural plans, programs and activities within the country and Venezuelan culture abroad. The State guarantees cultural workers inclusion in the Social security system to provide them with a dignified life, recognizing the idiosyncrasies of cultural work, in accordance with law.
Article 101: The State guarantees the issuance, receiving and circulation of cultural information. The communications media have the duty of assisting in the dissemination of the values of folk traditions and the work of artists, writers , composers*, motion-picture directors*, scientists* and other creators* of culture of the country. The television media shall include subtitles and translation into Venezuelan sign language for persons with hearing problems. The terms and modalities of these obligations, shall be established by law.
Article 102: Education is a human right and a fundamental social duty; it is democratic, free of charge and obligatory. The State assumes responsibility for it as an irrevocable function of the greatest interest, at all levels and in all modes, as an instrument of scientific, humanistic and technical knowledge at the service of society. Education, is a public service, and is grounded on the respect for all currents of thought, to the end of developing the creative potential of every human being and the full exercise of his or her personality in a democratic society based on the work ethic value and on active, conscious and joint participation in the processes of social transformation embodied in the values which are part of the national identity, and with a Latin American and universal vision. The State, with the participation of families and society, promotes the process of civic education in accordance with the principles contained in this Constitution and in the laws.
Article 103: Every person has the right to a full, high-quality, ongoing education under conditions and circumstances of equality, subject only to such limitations as derive from such persons own aptitudes, vocation and aspirations. Education is obligatory at all levels from maternal to the diversified secondary level. Education offered at State institutions is free of charge up to the undergraduate university level. To this end, the State shall make a priority investment in accordance with United Nations recommendations. The State shall create and sustain institutions and services sufficiently equipped to ensure the admission process, ongoing education and program completion in the education system. The law shall guarantee equal attention to persons with special needs or disabilities, and to those who have been deprived of liberty or do not meet the basic conditions for admission to and continuing enrollment in the education system. The contributions of private individuals to public education programs at the secondary and university levels shall be tax deductible in accordance with the pertinent law.
Article 104: Persons of recognized good moral character and proven academic qualifications shall be placed in charge of education. The State shall encourage them to remain continuously up to date, and shall guarantee stability in the practice of the teaching profession, whether in public or private institutions, in accordance with this Constitution and the law, with working conditions and a standard of living commensurate with the importance of their mission. Admissions, promotion and continued enrollment in the education system shall be provided for by law, and shall be responsive to evaluation criteria based on merit, to the exclusion of any partisan or other nonacademic interference.
Article 105: The professions requiring a degree and the conditions that must be met to practice them, including, professional organization membership, shall be determined by law.
Article 106: Every natural or juridical person, subject, to demonstration of its ability and provided it meets at all times the ethical, academic, scientific, financial, infrastructure and any other requirements that may be established by law, shall be permitted to found and maintain private educational institutions under the strict inspection and vigilance of the State, with the prior approval of the latter.
Article 107: Environmental education is obligatory in the various levels and modes of the education system, as well as in informal civil education. Spanish, Venezuelan geography and history and the principles of the Bolivarian thought shall be compulsory courses at public and private institutions up to the diversified cycle level.
Article 108: The communications media, public and private, shall contribute to civil education. The State guarantees public radio and television services and library and computer networks, with a view to permitting universal access to information. Education centers are to incorporate knowledge and application of new technologies and the resulting innovations, in accordance with such requirements as may be established by law to this end.
Article 109: The State shall recognize the autonomy of universities as a principle and status that allows teachers*, students* and graduates from its community, to devote themselves to the search for knowledge through research in the fields of science, humanistic and technology, for the spiritual and material benefit of the Nation. Autonomous universities shall adopt their own rules for their governance and operation and the efficient management of their property, under such control and vigilance as may be established by law to this end. Autonomy of universities is established in the planning, organization, preparation and updating of research, teaching and extension programs. The inviolability of the university campus is established. Experimental national universities shall attain their autonomy in accordance with law.
Article 110: The State recognizes as being in the public interest science, technology, knowledge, innovation and the resulting applications, and the necessary information services, the same being fundamental instruments for the country's economic, social and political development, as well as for national sovereignty and security. To promote and develop these activities, the State shall allocate sufficient resources and shall create a national science and technology system in accordance with law. The private sector shall contribute with resources as well. The State shall guarantee the enforcement of the ethical and legal principles that are to govern research activities in science, humanism and technology. The manners and means of fulfilling this guarantee shall be determined by law. 

The rest of the Constitution of Venezuela is available online at:http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Venezuela#TITLE_1_FUNDAMENTAL_PRINCIPLES

I would hope that your visit is a good one here -- and give America a chance to see your new film, and for those who are interested in seeing your life story, I have included the video that people thought would never be aired here too
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