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Poverty fell from 60% to 26%. Extreme poverty decreased from over 16% to 7%.
He grew the economy impressively. Economic growth in 2011 was 4.8%. In 2012, it was 5.6%. Forecasts estimate 6% in 2013.
Nationalized oil, telecommunications, electricity, cement, steel, and other sectors let Venezuela regain economic sovereignty.
Chavez created jobs. Unemployment dropped from 14.5% to 6.4%. Venezuelans receive Latin America's highest minimum wage.
Women without income and disabled people get 60% of minimum wage support.
Chavez withdrew Venezuela from IMF/World Bank debt peonage. The nation's debt is about 20% of GDP. America's exceeds 100%. It rises exponentially annually.
Child mortality fell from 20 per 1,000 to 10. Child malnutrition declined from 21% to less then 3%. Five million children get free meals in school. Life expectancy rose from 72.2 to 74.3.
Around 95% of Venezuelans have access to safe drinking water. Pre-Chavez, it was 82%.
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