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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... constitution . He would seek to involve his neigh- bours in a fresh interpretation of the ' Bolivarian ' dream of the nine- teenth century , the creation of an independent and ' original ' Latin America that would unite its forces ...
... constitution . He would seek to involve his neigh- bours in a fresh interpretation of the ' Bolivarian ' dream of the nine- teenth century , the creation of an independent and ' original ' Latin America that would unite its forces ...
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... constitution of 1961 and he would integrate the armed forces into the economic and social life of the country through a programme he baptized as ' Plan Bolívar 2000 ' . His other ambitions remained to be spelt out . In his first speech ...
... constitution of 1961 and he would integrate the armed forces into the economic and social life of the country through a programme he baptized as ' Plan Bolívar 2000 ' . His other ambitions remained to be spelt out . In his first speech ...
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... constitution drafted by the Assembly : 71 per cent voted ' Yes ' and 28 per cent voted ' No ' . If Venezuelans ever felt deprived of democratic practice , they were now in receipt of it in abundance , and fresh elec- tions to implement ...
... constitution drafted by the Assembly : 71 per cent voted ' Yes ' and 28 per cent voted ' No ' . If Venezuelans ever felt deprived of democratic practice , they were now in receipt of it in abundance , and fresh elec- tions to implement ...
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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