Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution made its official debut in March of 2000 when a Fifth Republic was created based on a new constitution. Though its passage was a priority for a recently elected president Chavez, he soon grew tired of its limitations and sought to amend it via referendum on two occasions. After losing a vote to amend 67 articles in 2007, he tried again in 2009 with a single article on the issue that mattered most to him: no term limits for any elected office.
