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23rd April 2011, 06:02
ĦHugo! The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution is a book on Hugo Chavez that is very good.
http://www.amazon.com/Hugo-Chavez-Story-Perpetual-Revolution/dp/1586421352
5.0 out of 5 stars The book on Chavez that we've been waiting for, November 23, 2007
By Adam J. Jones (Kelowna, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Hugo!: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution (Hardcover)
I entirely empathize with the previous reviewer who stated: "I lost sleep two nights running because I just couldn't put the book down." This book reads like a great Latin American novel, and there are chapters that rank with the best freelance journalism I have ever read. Jones is not blind to Chavez's flaws and "undiplomatic" manner. But he makes clear how Chavez, alone among Venezuelan politicians of the post-independence era, has captured the imagination of the poor and made them a priority in his economic and social policies. The accounts of Chavez's original failed coup, and the coup attempt and strikes against him after he took power, are absolutely palpitating. And there were points where I had tears in my eyes reading Chavez's own comments on moments when he thought all was lost, yet emerged triumphant with the majority of Venezuelans at his side. Some may blanch at Jones's derisory comments about the role of Venezuelan elites in all this. I applaud him wholeheartedly for showing just how callow, narcissistic, and anti-democratic are most of the forces ranged against this most complex and fascinating of Latin American leaders.
NPR audio where author Bart Jones is interviewed(he is sympathetic to Chavez)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19147881
Also everyone with interest in Chavez should watch the documentary on him: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
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http://www.amazon.com/Hugo-Chavez-Story-Perpetual-Revolution/dp/1586421352
5.0 out of 5 stars The book on Chavez that we've been waiting for, November 23, 2007
By Adam J. Jones (Kelowna, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Hugo!: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution (Hardcover)
I entirely empathize with the previous reviewer who stated: "I lost sleep two nights running because I just couldn't put the book down." This book reads like a great Latin American novel, and there are chapters that rank with the best freelance journalism I have ever read. Jones is not blind to Chavez's flaws and "undiplomatic" manner. But he makes clear how Chavez, alone among Venezuelan politicians of the post-independence era, has captured the imagination of the poor and made them a priority in his economic and social policies. The accounts of Chavez's original failed coup, and the coup attempt and strikes against him after he took power, are absolutely palpitating. And there were points where I had tears in my eyes reading Chavez's own comments on moments when he thought all was lost, yet emerged triumphant with the majority of Venezuelans at his side. Some may blanch at Jones's derisory comments about the role of Venezuelan elites in all this. I applaud him wholeheartedly for showing just how callow, narcissistic, and anti-democratic are most of the forces ranged against this most complex and fascinating of Latin American leaders.
NPR audio where author Bart Jones is interviewed(he is sympathetic to Chavez)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19147881
Also everyone with interest in Chavez should watch the documentary on him: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Id--ZFtjR5c