Political tensions run high in venezuela as president hugo chavez moves the country toward
a. a free-market economy.
b. socialism.
c. democracy.
d. economic independence.

B. socialism.

Explanation:

During Hugo Chavez's period as president of Venezuela there were a lot of political tensions because he started a movement toward socialism that generated a polarization in the country and many problems because of the measures taken by him that were criticized by the opponents of his government. Hugo Chavez took a lot of economic and social measures based on socialism like the government taking control of private companies, land reforms and setting price controls on products that contributed to the crisis the country is having today.