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Hugo!: The Hugo Chávez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution

Hugo!: The Hugo Chávez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution

by Bart Jones (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

1) The ruling elites in Venezuela and the United States are keen to paint Chavez as the heir to Castro, but the truth is more complex and more interesting. 2) The Ch vez that emerges from Jones' account is neither a plaster saint nor a revolutionary tyrant. He is a master politician and an inspired improviser, a Bolivarian nationalist and an unashamed socialist. His policies have brought him into conflict with the IMF and World Bank, major oil companies and the USA. 3) They have also provided a model for new governments and social movements in Ecuador, Bolivia and Argentina. 4) When in December 2006 he declared at the UN that 'the devil came here yesterday . the President of the United States', it was clear that, right or wrong, one man was taking on the might of most powerful nation on earth, in conscious imitation of the Liberator, SimA n Bol var.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 608
 Publisher: Bodley Head
Published: 01 May 2008
ISBN 10: 1847920055
ISBN 13: 9781847920058
Book Overview: The definitive biography of one of the world's most charismatic and controversial leaders.

Media Reviews
Chavez's rise has a made-for-Hollywood quality ... Jones provides a superb description of the economic inequities that helped create the conditions for a populist such as Chavez to come to power ... Where [he] truly excels is in his observations of Venezuelan society and the outsized role oil has played in molding the national character. Washington Post Jones's book is thoughtful, comprehensive ... the best in the bunch. Boston Globe
Author Bio
Bart Jones is a reporter for Newsday and worked for eight years in Venezuela, mainly a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press. He holds a master's degree in Social Studies from Columbia University. He has also reported for The Atlantic City Press in New Jersey, where he won awards from the Philadelphia Press Association. He lives with his family on Long Island. Hugo! is his first book.