The first thing that Hugo Chávez did as president of Venezuela was to decree a popular referendum to convene a National Constituent Assembly. People supported him in a series of chances and in the same year of 1999 a new and revolutionary Constitution was proclaimed. The new constitution consists of 350 detailed articles and provides for broad citizen participation, making Venezuela a participatory democracy, rather than merely a representative one. Also, it provides for some of the most comprehensive human rights protections of any constitution in the world, and enshrines many more rights besides the usual human rights. With this constitution Venezuela inaugurated the Fifth Republic of Venezuela, not only changing in Venezuela's name from the Republic of Venezuela to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, but also leading substantial transformations in most aspects of Venezuelan polity, economy and society in general. It is true that there is a large number of discontented Venezuelan people, but Latinobarometro poll shows that a greater number of Venezuelan people is satisfied with their democracy.