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- catalog abstract ""Hugo Chavez, elected President of Venezuela in December 1998 with a large popular mandate, is the most intriguing political figure to have emerged in Latin America since Fidel Castro. A former army colonel with a philosophy of left-wing nationalism, he staged an unsuccessful coup in 1992 and spent two years in prison, yet his fierce opposition to the country's corrupt and unpopular ruling elite turned him into a popular hero."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11917097.
- catalog coverage "Venezuela History 1974-1999.".
- catalog coverage "Venezuela Politics and government 1974-1999.".
- catalog coverage "Venezuela Politics and government 1999-".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Hugo Chavez, elected President of Venezuela in December 1998 with a large popular mandate, is the most intriguing political figure to have emerged in Latin America since Fidel Castro. A former army colonel with a philosophy of left-wing nationalism, he staged an unsuccessful coup in 1992 and spent two years in prison, yet his fierce opposition to the country's corrupt and unpopular ruling elite turned him into a popular hero."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-238) and index.".
- catalog description "Map of Venezuela -- Introduction: the rains fall -- Preparing for Power -- November 1999: a game of baseball in Havana -- The military promotions of Hugo Chavez -- February 1989 (1): the rebellion in Caracas, the Caracazo -- February 1989 (2): the economic 'packet' that destroyed the presidency of Carlos Andres Perez -- Douglas Bravo and the debate between soldiers and civilians -- 4 February 1992: the 'military intervention' of Chavez -- 27 November 1992: the coup by Admiral Hernan Gruber -- Luis Miquilena and the Patriotic Front of 1989 -- Torrijos, Velasco and the tradition of military rebellion in Latin America -- Recovering the Past -- The legacy of Simon Bolivar -- Robinson Crusoe and the philosophy of Simon Rodriguez -- Ezequiel Zamora invokes 'horror a la oligarquia' -- Preparing the Overthrow of the Ancien Regime -- Yare prison, 1992-1994, and the search for political allies -- La Causa R, Patria Para Todos and politics in Guayana -- The presidential election of 1998 -- Chavez in Power -- The formation of a Constituent Assembly -- Manuel Quijada and the reform of the judiciary -- Ali Rodriguez Araque and the new politics of oil -- The economic programme of the Chavez government -- A new agricultural future for Venezuela -- Jose Vicente Rangel and the conduct of foreign affairs -- Civil war in Colombia: the future of the Bolivarian dream -- New rights for indigenous peoples -- Teodoro Petkoff and the opposition to Chavez -- Epilogue: The military and civil society -- The rights of indigenous peoples -- Sauce of wonder.".
- catalog extent "vi, 246 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1859847757".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Verso,".
- catalog spatial "Venezuela History 1974-1999.".
- catalog spatial "Venezuela Politics and government 1974-1999.".
- catalog spatial "Venezuela Politics and government 1999-".
- catalog spatial "Venezuela".
- catalog spatial "Venezuela.".
- catalog subject "Chávez Frías, Hugo.".
- catalog subject "Civil-military relations Venezuela History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "F2328 .G69 2000".
- catalog subject "Presidents Venezuela.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Map of Venezuela -- Introduction: the rains fall -- Preparing for Power -- November 1999: a game of baseball in Havana -- The military promotions of Hugo Chavez -- February 1989 (1): the rebellion in Caracas, the Caracazo -- February 1989 (2): the economic 'packet' that destroyed the presidency of Carlos Andres Perez -- Douglas Bravo and the debate between soldiers and civilians -- 4 February 1992: the 'military intervention' of Chavez -- 27 November 1992: the coup by Admiral Hernan Gruber -- Luis Miquilena and the Patriotic Front of 1989 -- Torrijos, Velasco and the tradition of military rebellion in Latin America -- Recovering the Past -- The legacy of Simon Bolivar -- Robinson Crusoe and the philosophy of Simon Rodriguez -- Ezequiel Zamora invokes 'horror a la oligarquia' -- Preparing the Overthrow of the Ancien Regime -- Yare prison, 1992-1994, and the search for political allies -- La Causa R, Patria Para Todos and politics in Guayana -- The presidential election of 1998 -- Chavez in Power -- The formation of a Constituent Assembly -- Manuel Quijada and the reform of the judiciary -- Ali Rodriguez Araque and the new politics of oil -- The economic programme of the Chavez government -- A new agricultural future for Venezuela -- Jose Vicente Rangel and the conduct of foreign affairs -- Civil war in Colombia: the future of the Bolivarian dream -- New rights for indigenous peoples -- Teodoro Petkoff and the opposition to Chavez -- Epilogue: The military and civil society -- The rights of indigenous peoples -- Sauce of wonder.".
- catalog title "In the shadow of the liberator : Hugo Chávez and the transformation of Venezuela / Richard Gott.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".