FILE--The leader of the Bolivarian Revolution 2000, officer Hugo Chavez, talks to reporters at the Defense Ministry after he surrendered to the troops loyal to the government of Carlos Andres Perez, in Caracas, Venezuela, this Feb. 4, 1992, file photo. Chavez assumed Venezuela's presidency in 1999, vowing to eradicate corruption and the poverty that afflicts 80 percent of Venezuela's 24 million people. He was ousted Friday, April 12, 2002, at age 47. (AP Photo/Ali Gomez, File)