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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... could call their own . ' As Graham Greene was to find , it was difficult not to be capti- vated by this enchanting figure , the complete antithesis of Torrijos, Velasco and the tradition of military rebellion in Latin America.
... could call their own . ' As Graham Greene was to find , it was difficult not to be capti- vated by this enchanting figure , the complete antithesis of Torrijos, Velasco and the tradition of military rebellion in Latin America.
الصفحة 91
... Velasco was an officer of high intelligence , influenced by the example of General de Gaulle in France , where he had served as a military attaché in the years immediately after the end of the Algerian war . Velasco nationalized the ...
... Velasco was an officer of high intelligence , influenced by the example of General de Gaulle in France , where he had served as a military attaché in the years immediately after the end of the Algerian war . Velasco nationalized the ...
الصفحة 92
... Velasco government suffered from two fundamental flaws : after a period of initial enthusiasm , it lacked popular support ; and it tried to carry out a revolution on borrowed money . These two flaws , implicit from the start , proved ...
... Velasco government suffered from two fundamental flaws : after a period of initial enthusiasm , it lacked popular support ; and it tried to carry out a revolution on borrowed money . These two flaws , implicit from the start , proved ...
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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