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Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"CIA agent Eva and her Cuban counterpart, Mauricio, must deal with each other, imprisioned crime lord Pran, journalist Mónica, and Swiss banker Günther Müller while reacting to Hugo Chávez, the charismatic and volatile Venezuelan leader."--
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Exposing the self-serving logic behind much middle-class opposition to Venezuela's elected leader, this book argues that the Chavez government has instituted one of the progressive constitutions, but warns that they have yet to overcome the dangerous spectres of the country's past.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of Chávez's life and career, pondering such questions as "How did a charismatic autocrat seduce not just a nation but a significant part of world opinion? How did he make people laugh, weep, and applaud as if on command? And how does he continue to stay in power despite the crumbling of Venezuela?"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Alberto Barrera Tyszka's Patria o muerte is a thriller set at the time of Hugo Chávez's impending death and the frenzy that it sets off in Venezuela. The retired oncologist Miguel Sanabria lives on edge, and his skepticism about the diagnosis of Chávez's illness seems to put him at odds with the world around him, which is becoming increasingly combustible. Sanabria's extremist anti-Chávez wife threatens to act unwisely, and his nephew Vladimir...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A nuanced and deeply-reported account of the collapse of Venezuela, and what it could mean for the rest of the world. Today, Venezuela is a country of perpetual crisis--a country of rolling blackouts, nearly worthless currency, uncertain supply of water and food, and extreme poverty. In the same land where oil--the largest reserve in the world--sits so close to the surface that it bubbles from the ground, where gold and other mineral resources are...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today's world, written by one of America's most admired public servants, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state. A Fascist, observes Madeleine Albright, 'is someone who claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is utterly unconcerned with the rights of others, and is willing to use violence and whatever other means are necessary to achieve...
Author
Series
Tiempo de memoria ; 72
Publisher
Tusquets Editores México
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
