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In the Shadow of the Liberator: Hugo Chavez and the Transformation of Venezuela
 
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In the Shadow of the Liberator: Hugo Chavez and the Transformation of Venezuela (Paperback)

by Richard Gott (Author)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Verso Books; New edition edition (6 Sep 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1859843654
  • ISBN-13: 978-1859843659
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13.9 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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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. In a first-hand report from Venezuela, correspondent Richard Gott places the Comandante in historical perspective, and examines his plans and programmes. He describes the support and opposition that these attract, and argues that this experiment may prove a new way forward for Latin America.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A very readable and positive view of the Chavez government, 9 Oct 2000
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This review is from: In the Shadow of the Liberator: The Impact of Hugo Chavez on Venezuela and Latin America (Hardcover)
I am in no way a supporter of Chavez. This was after all a man who caused the ceath of several innocent civillians during the 92 coup attempt. he is also a primarily a soldier and again i have serious reservations about the military taking political control. However, Gott's book was a very refreshing change to the middle class paranoia that abounds around this government. Gott is obviously sympathetic to Chavez and believes him to be a man of integrity. I sincerely hope this to be true. unfortunately Gott does not elaborate on the question marks he himself raises. He mentions people who once supported Chavez but then turned against him without providing the reader sufficient information on which to base an opinion. Chavez's agricultural reforms are unquestioned. Chavez has used the newly homeless to populate the interior, I would have liked to have read intitial feedback from these people. It is by seeing the good and the bad of a political figure that one is able to get a relatively fair picture. This book is very subjective which makes me automatically wary. I appreciate the book was only recently published and so could not give any great details about the role of the military during the December disaster. However, having spent Christmas in Venezuela I know there were many criticisms levelled against the army ranging from incompetence, degenerating into taking part in the looting and forming part of the vigilantiism that reigned in Edo Vargas. I would have liked Gott to address these issues in the book. The leader of the DISIP lost his job because of the shooting of looters, did it stop there? Or should Chavez be justifying the actions of the military? I know this may sound contradictory but it was a very readable book and good to hear somebody defending Chavez, who after all if he truly intends to put into practice his policies will have been the only politician in the last thirty years to have made a positive contribution to the lives of the majority of Venezuelans. It made a refreshing change from the whining of the business interests and magazines such as The Economist.
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