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Comandante : [myth and reality in Hugo Chávez's Venezuela] / Rory Carroll.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2013.Description: xi, 302 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781594204579
  • 1594204578
Other title:
  • Hugo Chávez's Venezuela [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 987.06
LOC classification:
  • 120 F 2329.22 C512C 2013
Contents:
Throne -- Hello, President! -- Inside Miraflores -- Defectors -- The young lieutenant -- Palace -- Survival of the fittest -- The art of war -- The devil's excrement -- The storyteller -- Kingdom -- Decay -- The great illuminating journey -- Protest -- The artist.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 120 F 2329.22 C512C 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000103528

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-294)and index.

Throne -- Hello, President! -- Inside Miraflores -- Defectors -- The young lieutenant -- Palace -- Survival of the fittest -- The art of war -- The devil's excrement -- The storyteller -- Kingdom -- Decay -- The great illuminating journey -- Protest -- The artist.

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.

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