Hugo Chávez / Cristina Marcano and Alberto Barrera Tyszka ; translated by Kristina Cordero ; introduction by Moisés Naím.
2007
F2328.52.C48 M3713 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Hugo Chávez / Cristina Marcano and Alberto Barrera Tyszka ; translated by Kristina Cordero ; introduction by Moisés Naím.
Author
Marcano, Cristina, 1960-
Uniform Title
Hugo Chávez sin uniforme. English
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
ISBN
9780679456667 (alk. paper)
067945666X (alk. paper)
067945666X (alk. paper)
Imprint
New York : Random House, c2007.
Language
English
Description
xxii, 327 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
F2328.52.C48 M3713 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
987.06/42092 B
Summary
This critically acclaimed biography of this controversial world leader is at last available in English. Born in a small town, Chávez entered the military academy and was drawn to leftist politics and a new sense of himself as predestined to change the fortunes of his country--and of Latin America. By day a family man and a military officer, by night he secretly recruited insurgents to overthrow the government. His coup attempt failed, but laid the groundwork for his ascension to the presidency eight years later. Chávez's revolutionary "Bolivarian" government stresses economic reforms meant to discourage corruption and empower the poor--yet the leader spends thousands a day on himself and cozies up to Arab oil elites. Venezuelan journalists Marcano and Barrera Tyszka explore the often crude public figure who condemns George W. Bush in fiery language but at the same time hires lobbyists to improve his country's image in the West.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index.
Added Author
Barrera, Alberto.
Cordero, Kristina.
Cordero, Kristina.
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Table of Contents
1. The revolution has arrived
2. "Me, a communist?"
3. An existential conflict
4. The man, the conspirator
5. Preparing the uprising
6. Stroke of luck
7. A model officer
8. "Bolívar and I"
9. The skinny guy in the liqui-liqui
10. State of grace
11. Around the world in an airbus
12. Entangled April
13. The showman of Miraflores
14. Bush the pendejo and Fidel the brother
15. The ugly duckling
16. La Chavera
17. 2021 : looking ahead.
2. "Me, a communist?"
3. An existential conflict
4. The man, the conspirator
5. Preparing the uprising
6. Stroke of luck
7. A model officer
8. "Bolívar and I"
9. The skinny guy in the liqui-liqui
10. State of grace
11. Around the world in an airbus
12. Entangled April
13. The showman of Miraflores
14. Bush the pendejo and Fidel the brother
15. The ugly duckling
16. La Chavera
17. 2021 : looking ahead.