Hugo Chávez Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the U.S.

by Kozloff, Nikolas

• ISBN13: 9781403984098
• ISBN10: 1403984093
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-07
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

This is the riveting and frightening story of ambitious, tempestuous and avowed anti-American Hugo Chvez, who is making waves through South America and being widely compared to Fidel Castro. Ex-paratrooper, outspoken socialist, and brash personality, Chvez is known for his stance against big business, fearless threats to the Bush administration, social reforms that have violently polarized his country, and claims that he will soon unite South America. As gas prices rise to unprecedented highs, Venezuela's importance surges as the fifth largest oil exporter in the world. Nikolas Kozloff's access to top advisors, members of the opposition, and leaders of Chvez's own political movement allow him to present a comprehensive portrait of Chvez as a president moving to the center of the global stage. Includes a new afterword by the author, with insights into Chvez's reelection and U.S.-Venuzuelan relations.

Author Biography

Nikolas Kozloff writes regularly on Venezuelan political affairs as a Senior Research Fellow for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs in Washington, D.C.  He received his Ph.D. in Latin American History from Oxford University. He lives in New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
"Oil Is a Geopolitical Weapon"	p. 7
The Battle for Control over Oil	p. 23
TINA-"There Is No Alternative"	p. 37
Chavez and His Fight against Neoliberalism	p. 53
Chavez's Civil-Military Alliance	p. 77
The Test of Chavez's Civil-Military Alliance	p. 91
Chavez's South American Oil Diplomacy	p. 105
Chavez and the Information War against the Bush Administration	p. 119
In the Andes, Turning the Tide against the United States	p. 133
The Chavez-Morales Axis	p. 153
Epilogue	p. 173
Afterword	p. 179
Notes	p. 184
Index	p. 263
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