Pirates Of The Caribbean Cl

by Ali,Tariq

• ISBN13: 9781844671021
• ISBN10: 184467102X
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-17
• Publisher: VERSO

Summary

Since 1998, the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela has brought Hugo Chavez to world attention as the foremost challenger of the neoliberal consensus and American foreign policy. While Chavez's radical social-democratic reforms have brought him worldwide acclaim among the poor, he has attracted intense hostility from Venezuelan elites and Western governments.Drawing on first-hand experience of Venezuela and meetings with Chavez, Tariq Ali shows how Chavez's views have polarized Latin America and examines the hostility directed against his administration. Ali discusses the enormous influence of Fidel Castro on both Chavez and Evo Morales, the newly-elected President of Bolivia, and contrasts the Cuban and Venezuelan revolutionary processes.Pirates of the Caribbean guides us through a world divided between privilege and poverty, a continent that is once again on the march.

Author Biography

Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics—including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome—as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The Age of Disinformation	1	(28)
Imperial Vapours	29	(14)
The Fierce Bull and the Cunning Donkeys	43	(34)
Bolivia Again	77	(20)
The Old Man and the Revolution: Notes from a Havana Diary	97	(28)
The Past as Epilogue: The Lives of Simon Bolivar	125	(16)
Appendix 1 Teodoro Petkoff: A Man for All Seasons	141	(14)
Appendix 2 Le Monde Is Not The Worst, But . . .	155	(8)
Appendix 3 We Have Learned Our Lesson: Whatever Doesn't Kill You Makes Your Stronger	163	(32)
Appendix 4 My Story Has Only Just Begun	195	(24)
Appendix 5 Power to the People	219	(6)
Appendix 6 Hugo Chavez Addresses the United Nations	225	(8)
Index	233