This colorful expression well describes the racial composition of Venezuelan society, in which European, African, and Indian peoples have intermingled to produce a population in which almost everyone is of mixed blood. It also expresses a popular belief th..
However, in a world abundantly supplied with oil, the United States could and did ignore Venezuelan suggestions that OPEC and the consuming nations work together to control production and to increase prices. Then, in late 1973, OPEC sent shudders throughou..
Analyzing the multifaceted phenomenon of Hugo Chávez, leading scholars move beyond his flamboyant style to focus on the concerns of popular social and political movements. The book challenges the misleading notions that for several decades glorified..
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 Chav..
Between 1978 and 2001, however, Venezuela’s economy went sharply in reverse, with non-oil GDP declining by almost 19 percent and oil GDP by an astonishing 65 percent. What accounts for this drastic turnabout? The editors of Venezuela Before Chá..
In spite of opposition attempts to oust President Hugo Chávez and his political machinery from power, this ''socialism of the twenty-first century'' hegemonic project has succeeded in creating an institutional structure designed to..
En ciertas Áreas Bajo Régimen de Administración Especial del Municipio Caripe, Edo. Monagas, Venezuela, han venido ocurriendo hechos de degradación ambiental que se manifiestan en la deforestación e invasión agrícola y urbana, lo cual está trayendo..
