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Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Jennifer McCoy
Categories: History
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The seriousness of the crisis became evident with two abortive military coups in 1992 and the suspension of Carlos Andres Perez's presidential term in 1994.
The Unraveling of Representative Democracy in Venezuela
Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: Jennifer L. McCoy
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-03 - Publisher: JHU Press

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For four decades, Venezuela prided itself for having one of the most stable representative democracies in Latin America. Then, in 1992, Hugo Chávez Frías atte
Deadline
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Robert Samet
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-08 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Since 2006, Venezuela has had the highest homicide rate in South America and one of the highest levels of gun violence in the world. Former president Hugo Cháv
The Magical State
Language: en
Pages: 480
Authors: Fernando Coronil
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-11-10 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter and began to establish w
We Created Chávez
Language: en
Pages: 347
Authors: Geo Maher
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-17 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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Since being elected president in 1998, Hugo Chávez has become the face of contemporary Venezuela and, more broadly, anticapitalist revolution. George Ciccariel