. . "The head of the Institute, Elias Eljuri, received an immediate reprimand from Chavez and, within weeks, poverty numbers had drastically decreased, as if by magic.???Inequality, as measured by the Gini Index, has also fallen substantially??????Quoting Francisco Rodriguez again: ???Venezuelan income has gone up since Chavez came into office, and in particular since the second semester of 2000, the m" . .