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Purdue University, North Central
Westville,
Indiana
Monday April 27, Madison, Wisconsin
Wednesday April 29, 7 pm
Allen County Public Library
Fort Wayne, IN
Wilpert is publisher of Venezuelanalysis.com, by far
the best aggregator of English-language news and analysis about politics in
Venezuela, and author of " Changing
Venezuela by Taking Power: The Policies of the Chávez Government.
Since coming to power in 1998, the
Chávez government has inspired both fierce internal debate and horror
amongst Western governments accustomed to counting on an obeisant
regime in the oil-rich state. Wilpert exposes the self-serving logic behind much the wealthy's opposition to Venezuela’s elected leader, and explains the
real reason for their alarm. He argues that the Chávez government has
instituted one of the world’s most progressive constitutions, but warns
that they have yet to overcome the dangerous spectres of the country’s
past: its culture of patronage and clientelism, its corruption, and its
support for personality cults—all of them fueled by the attention and
interference of a succession of US administrations.
“This fascinating study—deeply informed, penetrating in its analysis,
comprehensive in scope—explores the historical and socioeconomic roots
of the Venezuelan initiatives of recent years, the conflicts they have
engendered, the achievements and pitfalls, the animating ideals of a
genuinely participatory society, and the prospects for realizing them
in ways that, if successful, might have significant impact not only for
Latin America but well beyond.”
— Noam
Chomsky "Greg Wilpert knows Venezuela intimately and gives us the most thorough
and objective analysis of the Chávez government's policies we are
likely to find. A thoughtful and useful book for the 21st
century and,
let us hope, beyond.”
—Susan George: Chair of the Planning Board of the Transnational
Institute, author of Another World is Possible If…
Sponsored by Venezuela Solidarity Network,
Center for Latino Research, DePaul University,
Center for Latin American Studies, University of Chicago
Latin
American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program, University of Wisconsin,
Madison
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