Tag Hugo Chávez

Bolívar and Miranda

It’s been more than ten years since Hugo Chávez’s last visit to Moscow. He spent some of his time being driven around the Russian capital in a red Lada Priora and helped unveil the foundation stone for an equestrian statue…

Bolívar in winter

In the fall of 2016, I wrote about the foundation stone for an equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar in the South-West of Moscow, unveiled by Hugo Chávez himself in October 2010. It was supposed to be a copy of Adamo…

Bolívar frozen out

In the middle of October 2010, Hugo Chávez visited Moscow. As part of his visit, he drove a Lada Priora across the city to a location in the south-west of the city, near the university. There, he opened a foundation…