A lokacin da Venezuela ke rike da shugabancin OPEC a shekara ta 2000, Chávez ya yi rangadin kwanaki goma na kasashen OPEC.
Tabbas, mafi rikitarwa na jumla ita ce "A lokacin da Venezuela ke rike da shugabancin OPEC a shekara ta 2000, Chávez ya yi rangadin kwanaki goma na kasashen OPEC, a cikin tsari ya zama shugaban farko na jihar da ya sadu da Saddam Hussein tun lokacin yakin Gulf. "