Hugo Chavez returns to life in TV show criticized by allies

The life of Hugo Chavez, who mesmerized Venezuela’s impoverished masses before dying of cancer in 2013, is being dramatized in a Spanish-language TV series that is generating a backlash even before it airs. Produced by Sony Pictures Television, “El Comandante” premieres this week throughout Latin America and in the spring will be broadcast in the U.S. by the Telemundo network.

Hugo Chavez returns to life in TV show criticized by allies

In this Jan. 25, 2017 photo, Colombia’s actor Andres Parra plays the role of Venezuela’s former President Hugo Chavez during the filming of “El Comandante” in Bogota, Colombia. The life of Chavez, who mesmerized Venezuela’s impoverished masses before dying of cancer in 2013, is being dramatized in a Spanish-language TV series that is generating a backlash even before it airs.