In the News The One and Only Hugo!

February 3, 2009

“There was a dream-like quality to the scene - the blistering sun, village women waist-deep in the ocean blowing kisses to the president...”
Rory Carroll

About This Clip:

The Setting -- A stage, camera crew, hundreds of chairs set up beside a Caribbean beach in a hamlet east of Caracas.

The Event -- Episode 291 of Alo Presidente!, Chavez's weekly live TV show that's unscripted and lasts for hours.

The Moment -- Chavez invites Guardian correspondent, Rory Carroll, seated in the audience, to ask a question.

Unfortunately, Carroll picks the wrong question.

[Read Carroll's account of his experience, and check out the rest of our much viewed report on Venezuela's highly perplexing president.]