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"Read this important book, and drop the propaganda sandwich in the trash where it belongs."--Peter Coyote, actor/writer
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Cowboy in Caracas
A North American's Memoir of Venezuela's Democratic Revolution
by Charles Hardy
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No president today is more controversial than Venezuela's Hugo Chávez Frias. Elected in a landslide in 1998, he promised a peaceful revolution. That peaceful dream became a nightmare when Chávez was overthrown in a coup d'état in 2002. Surprisingly, he was brought back to power by his supporters, mostly barrio dwellers, within forty-eight hours. Although Chávez continues to be dogged by controversy, he stays in power because of these supporters who see themselves as active participants in a democratic revolution.
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