Год выпуска: 2011 Автор: A.C. Clark Издательство: Страниц: 288 ISBN: 1458778320
Описание
During the fort or so years that preceded Hugo Chavez's seizing of power, Venezuela had the most stable democracy in Latin America. Thanks above all to its immense oil revenues, Venezuela enjoyed the fastest-growing economy and the highest standard of living in the region. After Chavez seized power in 1999, howerver, things have changed radically. Today, Venezuela can no longer be seen as a democracy and rather than attracting immigrants as it once did, Venezuelans themselves are fleeing the country. Yet, somehow, the vast majority of contemporary references to Venezuela are laudatory. In Hugo Chavez: The Revolutionary Has No Clothes, A.C. Clark corrects this warped take on Hugo Chavez and the'Bolivarian Revolution'' in Venezuela and skewers those grotesquely admiring portraits of Mr. Chavez painted by panegyrists from Noam Chomsky to Sean Penn. Clark explores Chavez's embarassing public displays, perilous policy platforms, and close relationships with rogue states to reveal Chavez...
