In the Shadow of the Liberator: Hugo Chávez and the Transformation of VenezuelaVerso, 2000 - 246 من الصفحات 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, the charismatic and controversial President of Venezuela. Welcomed by the inhabitants of the teeming shanty towns of Caracas as their potential saviour, 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 500 years, and has dramatically affected the political debate throughout Latin America. |
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... Barinas stands beneath the last hills of the Andes , the gateway to the great plains of the Orinoco basin . I came here on the bus from Caracas , an eight - hour journey on a good road along the foot of the hills , through Maracay and ...
... Barinas stands beneath the last hills of the Andes , the gateway to the great plains of the Orinoco basin . I came here on the bus from Caracas , an eight - hour journey on a good road along the foot of the hills , through Maracay and ...
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... Barinas . The road is appalling , with a metalled surface that has long disintegrated . Elorza lies almost due south of Barinas , and the road crosses two of the great tributaries of the Orinoco , the Apure and the Arauca . A bridge ...
... Barinas . The road is appalling , with a metalled surface that has long disintegrated . Elorza lies almost due south of Barinas , and the road crosses two of the great tributaries of the Orinoco , the Apure and the Arauca . A bridge ...
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... Barinas was once known as Zamora state , but it was later renamed by local landlord politicians who disliked seeing Zamora commemorated in this way . Zamora's statue in the Plaza Zamora in Barinas was taken down and thrown into the San ...
... Barinas was once known as Zamora state , but it was later renamed by local landlord politicians who disliked seeing Zamora commemorated in this way . Zamora's statue in the Plaza Zamora in Barinas was taken down and thrown into the San ...
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Map of Venezuela | 1 |
a game of baseball in Havana | 25 |
The military promotions of Hugo Chávez | 34 |
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Acción Democrática Apure Arias Cárdenas armed forces army Barinas began Bogotá Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement Bolivia Caldera campaign Caracas Caracazo Carlos Andrés Pérez Causa cent century Chávez government civilian Colombia Colonel Chávez Communist Party Congress Constituent Assembly constitution Copei corruption country's Cuba Cuban December Disip Douglas Bravo economic Ecuador elections Ezequiel Zamora Farc February Fidel Fifth Republic Movement foreign Grüber Guayana guerrilla Hugo Chávez indigenous José Vicente Rangel land later Latin America leader left-wing Liberator llanos Luís Miquilena Maracaibo Maracay ment Mérida minister Miraflores Palace moved nationalist neo-liberalism officers oil company Opec organized Orinoco Panama peasants Pérez Jiménez Peru Petkoff Petróleos de Venezuela plans political politicians President Chávez President Pérez presidential prison programme radical rebellion reform revolution Rodríguez Araque shanty towns Simón Bolívar Simón Rodríguez social soldiers Spanish Teodoro Petkoff tion Torrijos union United Urdaneta Velasco Velásquez Zulia