Hugo Chávez’s Theory of Countervailing Powers

  • Greg Grandin New York University
Keywords Latin American Politics, Socialism, Imperialism, Hugo Chávez
Keywords Latin American Politics, Socialism, Imperialism, Hugo Chávez

Abstract

The author judges Hugo Chávez's government under the light of Salvador Allende's regime and the actual Venezuelan sociopolitical context.

Author Biography

Greg Grandin, New York University
Greg Grandin es profesor titular de historia en New York University. Entre sus muchas publicaciones se encuentran The Blood of Guatemala: A History of Race and Nation (Duke University Press, 2000), que ganó el premio Bryce Wood de la Latin American Studies Association, The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War (University of Chicago Press,  2004) y Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism (publicado con Metropolitan Books, 2006).
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Published
2007-02-01
Issue
Vol. 4 No. 3 (2007): Spring 2007
Section
Articles / Artículos