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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... GRÜBER How is it possible that in the Soviet Union they could sack their defence minister and other high officials when a young German pilot landed his plane on Moscow's Red Square , while in Venezuela the army commander still keeps his ...
... GRÜBER How is it possible that in the Soviet Union they could sack their defence minister and other high officials when a young German pilot landed his plane on Moscow's Red Square , while in Venezuela the army commander still keeps his ...
الصفحة 75
... Grüber was not a natural rebel . Born in Upata on 17 February 1940 , he came from a long - established German immigrant family , farming land in the state of Bolívar once owned by the mis- sions of Caroní . He joined the navy in 1958 ...
... Grüber was not a natural rebel . Born in Upata on 17 February 1940 , he came from a long - established German immigrant family , farming land in the state of Bolívar once owned by the mis- sions of Caroní . He joined the navy in 1958 ...
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... Grüber . ' You want me to tell you ? ' Admiral Grüber replied pithily ( and this of course is his own highly coloured account ) . " The entire high command should be asked to resign . They should be retired immedi- ately , and replaced ...
... Grüber . ' You want me to tell you ? ' Admiral Grüber replied pithily ( and this of course is his own highly coloured account ) . " The entire high command should be asked to resign . They should be retired immedi- ately , and replaced ...
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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