Plan Bolívar 2000 (launched 27 February 1999[citation needed] and cancelled in 2002[1]) was the first of the Bolivarian Missions enacted under administration of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
[2][non-primary source needed] The plan involved around 40,000 Venezuelan soldiers engaged in door-to-door anti-poverty activities, including mass vaccinations, food distribution in slum areas, and education.
[citation needed] The program also transported thousands of poor and ill Venezuelans at cost by military cargo planes and helicopters to seek employment and medical care.
[1] In 2001, several scandals affected the program as allegations of corruption were formulated against Generals involved in the plan, arguing that significant amounts of money had been diverted.
[3][1] General Victor Cruz Weffer, in charge of the program denied the wrongdoing but he was fired by Chávez and the mission was cancelled in 2002.