Person of the Year 2007
His final year as Russia's President has been his most successful yet. At home, he secured his political future. Abroad, he expanded his outsize—if not always benign—influence on global affairs
Hugo Chavez
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Chubby and blustery, the left-wing strongman of Venezuela might have stepped from an old Woody Allen movie, were it not for his vast oil reserves. But global demand for black gold gave the Castro protégé a bully pulpit. The Bush administration could do little but seethe. It was up to his people to narrowly defeat his bid for lifetime power, while the King of Spain told him simply to "shut up."
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