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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الصفحة 166
... oil - vacated spaces . This sense that something is being permanently removed , the reality of physical diminishment , is one of the reasons why all Venezuelans have such a passionate attachment to their state oil company . For decades ...
... oil - vacated spaces . This sense that something is being permanently removed , the reality of physical diminishment , is one of the reasons why all Venezuelans have such a passionate attachment to their state oil company . For decades ...
الصفحة 167
... oil may be more difficult to extract , but there is plenty of it . Large reserves have been located further to the south , in the state of Barinas , on the slopes of the Andes . Over the years , the state oil company has not been immune ...
... oil may be more difficult to extract , but there is plenty of it . Large reserves have been located further to the south , in the state of Barinas , on the slopes of the Andes . Over the years , the state oil company has not been immune ...
الصفحة 170
... oil price . The idea was to even out the volatility in international prices . If the price of oil went above US $ 14 ... company . Many influential citizens outside the government argued forcibly that individuals should have the right to a ...
... oil price . The idea was to even out the volatility in international prices . If the price of oil went above US $ 14 ... company . Many influential citizens outside the government argued forcibly that individuals should have the right to a ...
المحتوى
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