The Battle of Venezuela (Open Media Series)
by Michael McCaughan
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Author: Michael McCaughanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-07
ISBN: 158322680X
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
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Summary: 5 Stars
A must read for anyone interested in the new developments in Venezuela and the South. McCaughan does a great job in setting the historical context and then elaborating on Chavez -- with a welcomed inclusion of pros and cons, such as personal ambitions versus citizens advances accomplished over the years.
Summary of The Battle of Venezuela (Open Media Series)
In August 2004, the Venezuelan public came out in record numbers to deliver an overwhelming vote of confidence. After many attempts to unseat him, Hugo Chåvez, the former military man who took the country first by coup and then by ballot, again emerged as the people?s choice. It was, in his words, "a victory for the people of Venezuela."Yet despite Chåvez?s successes, having defended his post in six referenda, two elections and against one failed coup, Venezuela?one of the world?s largest oil exporting countries?is a nation deeply divided. The power struggle between the country?s first indigenous head of state and his detractors expresses a larger conflict gripping the region.
In The Battle of Venezuela, Guardian reporter Michael McCaughan captures the drama of challenges to Chåvez?s presidency in the courts and on the streets of Caracas. In this detailed analysis of the political forces at work, McCaughan documents the role of the country?s powerful and shrinking middle class, the effects of Chåvez?s social programs for his mainly poor constituents, and the rise of the social movement whose members proclaim themselves "Chåvistas."
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