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ABSTRACTBUARQUE, Morgana Nogueira de Souza. Hugo Chávez's government and threats todemocratic values and relationship with Brazil. Universidade Católica de Brasília.Academic Advisor: Professor MSc. Alexandre Martchenko. November, 2009.The present work aims to analyze the methodology used by Hugo Chávez´sgovernment in Venezuela under the light of democratic theories including versed onthe ramifications of its foreign policy at the regional level with respect to therelationship with Brazil. To that end, it was exposed an overview of national policyhistory approaching the consolidation of democracy in the country and outline therelationship with Brazil, and the events that gave rise to actions. The conclusionportrays, in addition to proving the hypothesis that the Hugo Chávez´s governmentcan not be considered a vigorous democracy, and Venezuela represents a risk to thestability of South America, but that does not pose serious threat to Brazil's leadershipin considering its prestige in a international level.Key words: Democracy – Hugo Chávez – Venezuela – Relantionship with Brazil