Edited sentence: Chávez has also recently used his governmental power to silence Venezuelan media who oppose his authoritarian socialist rule, on the grounds that these media organizations supported the coup attempt against him in 2002.Chávez has had the audacity to demonize the coup leaders and their supporters as traitors, while himself being a former failed coup leader.Chávez is currently the authoritarian ruler of Venezuela.Ironically, there was a failed military coup attempt against him in 2002