Venezuela: Hugo Chávez Regime
(see also Venezuela & Venezuela: Amazon Region)
Basics
CIA World Factbook. Includes map.
UN Development Program, Human Development Indicators.
On the Web: Articles
Venezuela & Colombia Increase Economic Ties. Gabriel Espinoza González , COHA (12/1/04).
Venezuela Fights for Time. Jill Shelly, Council on Hemispheric Affairs (4/5/04)
Hugo Chávez is Crazy! Greg Palast, AlterNet (6/25/03).
Venezuela's Most Challenging Moment is Here. Larry Birns with Anthony Kolenic, Council on Hemispheric Affairs (5/31/03). Results of recall petition campaign, rumors of US-sponsored intervention by Colombian paramilitaries..
The Tick & the Timebomb. Michael McCaughan, New Internationalist (5/03).
A Week of Coups, But Now The Freedom Train Hits Town, David Wilson, Counterpunch (4/22/02).
Bush administration involved in coup to oust Chavez.
Rapid-Fire Coup Caught Chavez Foes Off Guard, Hector Tobar et al, LA Times (4/22/02). Events leading up to coup, & to its downfall.
Venezuela Coup Linked to Bush Team, Ed Vulliamy, Observer (4/21/02). Reagan-era "dirty war" specialists encouraged plotters against Pres. Chavez.
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Asamblea Popular Revolucionaria. Hugo Chavez' Bolivarian Movement.
Círculos Bolivarianos. Grassroot supporters of Chávez government.
The Cyber Circle. English-language news from the "Boliviarian Circles."
Independent Journalists Online: Venezuela.
Resource Center of the Americas. News links.
Venezuelanalysis. Invaluable, regularly updated links to informed analysis from many sources.
Venezuela Today. Useful, especially for links to anti-Chávez sources.
Vheadline. Independent news source.
In the Library: Articles
Anderson, Jon Lee. "The revolutionary. The President of Venezuela has a vision, and Washington has a headache," New Yorker (9/10/01). Portrait of President Hugo Chávez Frías.
Axtman, Kris. "Anti-Chávez groups barely united," Christian Science Monitor (12/23/02):6.
Beasley-Murray, Jon. "Venezuela: 'The revolution will not be televised,'" NACLA Report 36,1 (7-8/02):16-20. Media ran soap operas during coup, while thousands demanded Chavez' return.
Bleifuss, Joel. "Dictatorship or democracy?" In These Times (5/27/02).
Coronil, Fernando. "Magical illusions or revolutionary magic? Chávez in historical context," NACLA Report 33,6 (5-6/00):34-41.
Dudley, Steven. "¿Adios Presidente? Will Chávez go the way of Allende?" Progressive (3/02):25-30.
Ellner, Steve. "Polarized politics in Chávez's Venezuela," NACLA Report 33,6 (5-6/00):29-33.
__________. "Venezuela's Robin Hood," In These Times (11/13/00):9.
__________. "Venezuela divided. Hugo Chávez is back in power. Now what?" In These Times (5/27/02):10-11.
__________. "Chavismo at the crossroads: moderates, hardliners & a regime under attack," NACLA Report 35,6 (5-6/02):8-12.
__________ & Fred Rosen. "The remarkable fall & rise of Hugo Chávez," NACLA Report 36,1 (7-8/02):9-15.
García Márquez, Gabriel. "The two faces of Hugo Chávez," NACLA Report 33,6 (5-6/00):18-21.
Giordani, Lourdes & María Eugenia Villalón. "An expansion of citizenship in Venezuela," NACLA Report 35,6 (5-6/02):44-45. New civic participation by indigenous communities.
Harnecker, Martha. "After the referendum, Venezuela faces new challenges," Monthly Review 56,6 (11/04):34-48. Excellent overview of origins, challenges to & current state of "Bolivarian Revolution."
__________. "Venezuela: aluminum workers choose managers, increase production," Monthly Review 57,1 (5/05):60-64.:
Ivins, Molly. "Head winker for the coup," Progressive (6/02):46. Otto Reich & the effort to overthrow Hugo Chavez.
Jones, Bart. "Like old days: US role in Venezuela coup under scrutiny," National Catholic Reporter (5/31/02):11-12.
Klein, Naomi. "Venezuela's media coup," Nation (3/3/03):10. Corporate press bashes Chávez.
Lander, Luis & Margarita López-Maya. "Venezuela's oil reform & Chavismo," NACLA Report 36,1 (7-8/02):21-23.
López-Maya, Margarita & Luis E. Lander. "Refounding the Republic: the political project of Chavismo," NACLA Report 33,6 (5-6/00).
Marshall, John & Christian Parenti. "Hugo is boss. But Chavez’ ‘revolution’ faces many obstacles," In These Times (10/1/01):21-3.
Raby, David. "The greening of Venezuela," Monthly Review 56,6 (11/04):49-52.
Rosen, Fred & Jo-Marie Burt. "Hugo Chávez: Venezuela's redeemer?" NACLA Report 33,6 (5-6/00):15-17.
__________ & Coletta Youngers. "Divided society on the brink," NACLA Report 36,4 (1-2/03):8-11.
Sherman, Scott. "When is a coup a coup?" Nation (5/27/02). Critique of press coverage of Chavez' brief ouster in April, 2002.
Ungar, Mark "Contested Battlefields: Policing in Caracas & La Paz," NACLA Report (9-10/03):30-36.
Wilpert, Gregory. "Community airwaves in Venezuela," NACLA Report 37,4 (1-2/04):36-38.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Arvelo Ramos, Alberto. El dilema del chavismo, una incógnita en el poder: ensayos políticos para personas que detestan a los políticos (Caracas: El Centauro, 1998).
Aznarez, Carlos. Los sueños de Bolívar en la Venezuela de hoy (Tafalla: Txalaparta, 2000).
Burgess, Katrina. Parties & Unions in the New Global Economy (Pittsburgh: U. of Pittsburgh, 2004). Spain, Mexico & Venezuela.
Dieterich, Heinz. Hugo Chávez: con Bolívar y el pueblo. Hacia un nuevo proyecto latinoamericano (Buenos Aires: Editorial 21 SRL, 1999).
Ellner, Steve & Daniel Hellinger (eds.) Venezuelan Politics in the Chávez Era: Class, Polarization & Conflict (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2003).
Garrido, Alberto. La historia secreta de la Revolución Bolivariana (Mérida: Editorial Venezolana, 2000).
Golinger, Eva. The Chávez Code: Cracking U.S. Intervention in Venezuela (La Habana: José Martí, 2005).
Gott, Richard. In the Shadow of the Liberator. Hugo Chávez & the Transformation of Venezuela (London: Verso, 2000).
Harnecker, Marta. Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution: Hugo Chavéz Talks to Marta Harnecker (NY: Monthly Review, 2005?).
McCaughan, Michael. The Battle of Venezuela (London: Latin America Bureau, 2004).
Medina, Medófilo. El elegido Hugo Chávez: un nuevo sistema político (Bogotá: Aurora, 2001).
Mújica, Felipe. La reflexión del MAS (Caracas: Polémica, 2000).
Muller Rojas, Alberto. Epoca de revolución en Venezuela (Caracas: Solar, 2001).
Petkoff, Teodoro. La Venezuela de Chávez: una segunda opinión (Caracas: Grijalbo, 2000).
Ramos Guerra, Jorge. La robolucíon chavista (n.p., 2001).
Ramos Jiménez, Alfredo y otros. La transición venezolana: aproximación al fenómeno Chávez (Mérida: Centro de Investigaciones de Política Comparada, 2002).
Rodríguez Iturbe, José. Crítica de la locura del poder y otros temas: apuntes sobre una crisis social real y una falsa Revolución Militar Política (Caracas: El Centaureo, 2002).
Sanz, Rodolfo. Constituyente: revolución y transición (Los Teques: Tercer Milenio, 2000).
Torrealba, Carlos. La revolución de Chávez vs. el oscuro deseo de poder (Los Teques: Tercer Milenio, 2002).
Uzcátegui, Luis José. Chávez: mago de las emociones. Análisis psico-social de un fenómeno político (Caracas: LithoPolar, 1999).
Vivas Penalver, Leonardo. Chávez: la última revolución del siglo (Caracas: Planeta, 1999).
Wanloxten, Gustavo; Iris Castellanos y Eduardo Delpretti. Maisanta en caballo de hierro (Caracas: Fuentes, 1992). Story of Chavez' attempted military coup in 1992.
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CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Caracas amor a muerte" [2000], dir. Gustavo Balza, ?m. Poignant story of teenage pregnancy, the search for an abortion, & moral debates it generates.
"Otro modo es posible...en Venezuela" [2002], dir. Max Pugh, 90m.
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" [2003], dir. Kim Bartley & Donnacha O'Briain, 74m. Inside view of failed 4/02 coup against Chávez.
"Venezuela Bolivariana: People & Struggle of the Fourth World War" [2004], by Calle y Media Collective, ?m. From Calle y Media.