The revolutionary has no clothes : Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian farce
During the forty or so years that preceded Hugo Chávez's seizing of power, Venezuela had the most stable democracy in Latin America, as well as the fastest-growing economy and the highest standard of living in the region. Since Chávez took power in 1999, however, things have changed radically. Venezuela today can no longer be seen as a democracy, and rather than attracting immigrants as it once did, the country is provoking its own citizens to flee. Nevertheless, the vast majority of contemporary references to Venezuela and to Chávez's rule are laudatory. In The Revolutionary Has No Clothes: H
History
1 online resource (ix, 183 pages)
9781594034459, 9781282488106, 1594034451, 1282488104
489374449
Introduction
Venezuela and its history
Hugo Chávez, the man and his reign
Chávez's impact on Venezuelans, and beyond
Includes index