Hugo Chavez: The Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela

Gott, Richard

ISBN 10: 1844675335 / ISBN 13: 9781844675333

Editore: Verso, 2005

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Titolo: Hugo Chavez: The Bolivarian Revolution in ...

Casa editrice: Verso

Data di pubblicazione: 2005

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Condizione: Very Good

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The only first-hand report on contemporary Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, by veteran correspondent Richard Gott, places the country's controversial and charismatic president in historical perspective, and examines his plans and programs. This new edition has a chapter on the attempted and failed military coup, Venezuela's recent recall election, and discusses US covert intervention against this democratically elected public official.

The spectre of Simon Bolivar hovers once again over Latin America as the aims and ambitions of the Liberator are taken up by Comandante Hugo Chavez. Welcomed by the inhabitants of the teeming shantytowns of Caracas as their potential savior, and greeted by Washington with considerable alarm, this former golpista-turned-democrat has already begun the most wide-ranging transformation of oil-rich Venezuela for half a century, and dramatically affected the political debate throughout Latin America.

Recensione:

“Gott is always an interesting, well-informed, and engaging writer.”—Foreign Affairs

“Gott is, if nothing else, a true believer of the revolutionary process in Latin America and brings his own sense of moral indignation every time he mentions the United States. It is worth reading a text that is so ideological yet effectively explains how many people in the upper ranks of the Chávez government perceive the world around them.”—Center for Strategic and International Studies

“A colourful and readable account of Chávez’s background and beliefs.”—Financial Times