Comandante by Rory Carroll
Hugo Chávez's Venezuela
A vivid portrait of Hugo Chávez’s rise and rule in Venezuela, showing how charisma, oil wealth, and revolutionary theatrics reshaped the state while weakening institutions. Through reporting from the palace and the barrios, it reveals the cult of personality, sycophancy, and corruption that fueled polarization, scarcity, and fear, even as social programs delivered short-term gains. It’s a brisk, ground-level chronicle of petro-populism’s promises and costs, and of a democracy sliding toward authoritarian spectacle.
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- Published
- 2013
- Nationality
- Irish
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- Pages
- 250-300
- Original Language
- English
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