Hugo Chavez
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Nostalgia, Virility and Power December 15, 2020
In the very first sentence of “Strongmen,” its author, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, declares that her book “reflects a lifetime of thinking about authoritarian rulers.” This revelation of an extensive personal timeline of toil—a lifetime, no less—places a burden ...
The Bolivarian God That Failed February 08, 2019
The day after Venezuela's National Assembly voted to declare its president, Juan Guaidó, interim President of the Republic, I received a text from a former friend. “If the U.S. topples Vz [Venezuela],” he wrote, “I will hold you responsible.” I would...
3 Books That Can Help Explain the Crisis in Venezuela August 12, 2017
Two biographies and a local history of oil explain the forces that shaped the country and the ones that promise a path forward......
