Dragon in the Tropics: Hugo Chavez and the Political Economy of Revolution in Venezuela (Brookings Latin America Initiative Books)

by Michael J . Penfold (Author), JavierCorrales (Author)

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  Paperback
  2011

  $23.76

  Since he was first elected in 1999, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has reshaped a frail but nonetheless pluralistic democracy into a semi-authoritarian regime --an outcome achieved with spectacularly high oil income and widespread electoral support.