Customer Review: Gregory Wilpert has written an interesting book about the "Bolivarian Revolution" in Venezuela. Unlike most of the recent books about Venezuela, this book deals very little with Hugo Chavez and more with statistics and legal issues. The problem is however, that despite what is written in the... more info
Customer Review: A very compelling read. Unfortunatley, we will most likely never know what happend during these few days, because Chavez seems thoroughly uninterested in having an investigation, much less a "truth commision." If the "coup", or "power vaccum" as the Venezuelan Supreme Court officially classified it... more info
Customer Review: I was extremely interested in reading Mr. Hardy's book as I have lived and worked in Venezuela myself. In his favor he did acknowledge his bias at the beggining, but nevertheless he uses very few facts to support his opinions. Of course that is the problem with the Bolivarian Revolution, as... more info
Customer Review: This book shows over and over again that Venezuela was not the "exceptional democracy" it claimed to be. Of course this claim has been verified by acension of Chavez, as he is most certainly less democratic than the presidents of the Punto Fijo pact.
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