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 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Graphic novel. Across four movies, a TV series, and countless spin-offs, Indiana Jones is one of the most recognisable icons of the 20th and 21st centuries. Dr. Henry Jones Jr. may be the world's pre-eminent archaeologist, but that doesn't mean he's spent his life in the library! He's ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the remnants of the world's most important historical finds, even if that means going head against Hitler's elite who will stop at nothing in pursuit of world dominance.
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