"This text explores the dramatic evolution in Latin American social movements over the past fifteen years. Leading scholars examine a variety of cases that highlight significant shifts in the region. First is the breakdown of the Washington Consensus and the global economic cris…
"Bart Jones knows Venezuela intimately and was an eyewitness to President Hugo Ch?vez?s rise to power. In Hugo! he tells the story of Ch?vez?s impoverished childhood, his military career and the decade of clandestine political activity that ended in a failed attempt to seize pow…
"Bart Jones knows Venezuela intimately and was an eyewitness to President Hugo Ch?vez?s rise to power. In Hugo! he tells the story of Ch?vez?s impoverished childhood, his military career and the decade of clandestine political activity that ended in a failed attempt to seize pow…
"A hero's curse is the story of the modern venezuelans whose lives have taken shape in the shadow of Simón Bolívar and his mos passionate disciple, comandante Hugo Chávez".--En la cubierta.
"For nearly two hundred years Venezuela's political leaders have evoked the legacy of their liberator, Simón Bolívar, to stir popular support for their positions. While Bolívar's heroic struggle helped free a continent, his eventual affinity for dictatorial rule spawned a viciou…
Venezuela constantly in the news as the economy free falls and the country is on the brink of revolution, and there is no up-to-date book out there. The author has a background as an investigative journalist as well as working for the Swedish military in conflict zones including…
Journalistic investigation of Hugo Chávez's 1994 visit to Cuba, the discussions between Fidel Castro and then-Lieutenant Colonel Chávez, and the development of relations between Venezuela and Cuba, including speeches by Chávez, Castro, and others.
