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Dragon in the tropics

by Javier Corrales, Javier Corrales, Michael Penfold · 2011

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"A study of the Venezuelan revolution headed by Hugo Chávez, first elected president in 1999, with emphasis on how Chávez took a frail but still pluralistic democracy and turned it into a semi-authoritarian regime, achieving political transformation at great cost to the country's institutions, including its oil industry"—Provided by publisher.

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21st century21st centuryMore like thisLess of thisVenezuelaVenezuelaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 254 pages

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