10 Most Fascinating People of 2007

The people of Venezuela have spoken, and Hugo Chavez will not be running again for president in 2012. But despite the recent electoral defeat of his constitutional reforms, Chavez, 58, has capitivated people around the world as the most controversial and potentially powerful man in South America. He has been called a buffoon, a political genius, a dictator in the making, and a liberator. (ABC News)