Excellent comment @bearmaster!

You are totally right and I have seen that video as well as other similar ones were Chavez says things that are the complete opposite of what he actually ended up doing.

A complete manipulator and deceiver without doubt. And yet, there are still people who defend him.

The problem in Venezuela was to believe a strong government was the solution for the corruption of the past, rather than a bigger freedom for the people. The solution will always be more freedom, and I think that is the next step in Venezuela. To have a new government that respects individual freedom.