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Author:

Jones, Bart.

Title:

¡Hugo! : the Hugo Chávez story from mud hut to perpetual revolution / Bart Jones.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Steerforth Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xii, 570 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Chávez Frías, Hugo.
Venezuela--Politics and government--1999-
Venezuela--Politics and government--1974-1999.
Presidents--Venezuela--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-530) and index.

Contents:

Hurricane Hugo -- Roots of rebellion -- A revolutionary is born -- Testing the waters -- A sacred oath -- The conspiracy deepens -- First betrayals -- The massacre -- Waiting in the wings -- Rebellion of the angels -- Jail -- Secret comandante's good-bye -- On the road -- Beauty and the beast -- To power -- A birth and a tragedy -- First defections -- Oil man -- First revolts and the return of the Iran-Contra crowd -- The coup -- The president is missing -- The aftermath -- Oil strike -- The social missions --The recall -- Striking back -- Twenty-first-century socialism.

ISBN:

1586421352 (alk. paper)
9781586421359 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007023907

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)