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TALK & BOOK SIGNING
10 Years of Chávez
with Bart Jones
Saturday 6th December - 5pm
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Ruling elites in Venezuela, the United States and Europe, and even Hugo Chávez himself though for different reasons, have been eager to have the world view him as the heir to Fidel Castro. But the truth about this increasingly influential world leader is more complex, and more interesting.
The Chávez that emerges from Bart Jones’ carefully researched and documented biography ‘Hugo!: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution’, is neither a plaster saint nor a revolutionary tyrant. He has an undeniably autocratic streak, and yet has been freely and fairly re-elected to his nations presidency three times with astonishing margins of victory. He is a master politician and an inspired improviser, a Bolivarian nationalist and an unashamed socialist.
His policies have brought him into conflict with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and major oil companies. They have also provided a model for new governments and social movements in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Argentina. When in September 2006 he declared at the United Nations that ‘the devil came here yesterday … the President of the United States’, it was clear that he was taking on challenging the most powerful nation on earth, in conscious imitation of the Liberator, Simon Bolivar.
To mark the 10th anniversary since Hugo Chávez came to power, Housmans are delighted to welcome US writer Bart Jones to reflect on the effects Chávez’s term has had on Venezuela, and on the wider world.
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Event information
Housmans Bookshop
5 Caledonian Road
King's Cross
London N1 9DX
Tel: 020 7837 4473
Free entry
Nearest tube: King's Cross
www.housmans.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7837 4473
shop email: shop@housmans.com
map: http://tinyurl.com/2oq9vv
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10 Years of Chávez
with Bart Jones
Saturday 6th December - 5pm
_________________________________________
Ruling elites in Venezuela, the United States and Europe, and even Hugo Chávez himself though for different reasons, have been eager to have the world view him as the heir to Fidel Castro. But the truth about this increasingly influential world leader is more complex, and more interesting.
The Chávez that emerges from Bart Jones’ carefully researched and documented biography ‘Hugo!: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution’, is neither a plaster saint nor a revolutionary tyrant. He has an undeniably autocratic streak, and yet has been freely and fairly re-elected to his nations presidency three times with astonishing margins of victory. He is a master politician and an inspired improviser, a Bolivarian nationalist and an unashamed socialist.
His policies have brought him into conflict with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and major oil companies. They have also provided a model for new governments and social movements in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Argentina. When in September 2006 he declared at the United Nations that ‘the devil came here yesterday … the President of the United States’, it was clear that he was taking on challenging the most powerful nation on earth, in conscious imitation of the Liberator, Simon Bolivar.
To mark the 10th anniversary since Hugo Chávez came to power, Housmans are delighted to welcome US writer Bart Jones to reflect on the effects Chávez’s term has had on Venezuela, and on the wider world.
________________________________________
Event information
Housmans Bookshop
5 Caledonian Road
King's Cross
London N1 9DX
Tel: 020 7837 4473
Free entry
Nearest tube: King's Cross
www.housmans.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7837 4473
shop email: shop@housmans.com
map: http://tinyurl.com/2oq9vv
"Support the shop that supports your campaigns!"
To receive Housmans’ monthly events newsletter with all our events, please email nik@housmans.com and mark the subject ‘subscribe to newsletter’.
