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Comandante, Hugo Chávez's Venezuela, Rory Carroll

Label
Comandante, Hugo Chávez's Venezuela, Rory Carroll
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrationsplates
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Comandante
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
796756050
Responsibility statement
Rory Carroll
Sub title
Hugo Chávez's Venezuela
Summary
Acclaimed journalist Rory Carroll breaches the walls of Miraflores Palace to tell the inside story of Chavez's life and his political court in Caracas. Based on interviews with ministers, aides, courtiers, and citizens, this intimate piece of reportage chronicles a unique experiment in power, which veers among enlightenment, tyranny, comedy, and farce
Table Of 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
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