Revolution In Ruins: The Hugo Chavez Story

9PM, BBC2

When Hugo Chavez stormed to power in 1998, he bypassed traditional media outlets to speak directly to the people, promising to make Venezuela great again. Sound familiar? But 20 years on, 90 per cent of families in Venezuela say they do not have enough to eat, and the United Nations predicts that more than five million people will have fled the country by the end of 2019. This revealing documentary hears from those who knew him best to tell the story of a man once hailed as the poster boy for worldwide socialism.