Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian revolution

Map of Venezuela

Introduction to the 2011 Edition

Introduction to the 2005 Edition

Part 1. Portrait of a President

1. A Baseball Game in Havana, November 1999

2. The Disintegration of the Ancien Řgime

3. Provincial Origins in Barinas

4. From Barinas to Caracas: The Irresistible Flight from the Countryside

Part 2. Preparing for a Bolivarian Rebellion

5. The Development of a Military Conspiracy

6. Banished to Elorza: Experiments in Civil-Military Cooperation

7. February 1989 (1): Rebellion in Caracas, the Caracazo

8. February 1989 (2): The Neo-Liberal 'Package' That Destroyed the P̌rez Government

9. The Debate Between Military and Civilian Revolutionaries

10. The'Military Intervention' of Ch̀vez, February 1992

11. 12. The Patriotic Front of Civilian Revolutionaries

13. Latin America's Experience of Radical Military Rebellion

Part 3. Recovering the Revolutionary Traditions of the Nineteenth Century

14. The Legacy of Sim̤n Bol̕var, the Liberator

15. Robinson Crusoe and the Philosophy of Sim̤n Rodr̕guez

16. Ezequiel Zamora Invokes 'Horror a la Oligarqu̕a'

Part 4. Organising the Overthrow of the Ancien Řgime By Peaceful Means, 1992-1998

17. Yare Prison and the Search for Political Allies

18. Politics in Guayana and the Rise of La Causa R

19. Ch̀vez's Election Victory, December 1998

Part 5. Ch̀vez in Power: The Early Years

20. The Constitutional Assembly and the New Constitution

21. When the Heavens Opened

22. Planning for an 'Endogenous' Agricultural Future

23. The New Politics of Oil

24. Divisions over the Economic Programme

25. Reforming the Judiciary

26. Developing a 'Bolivarian' Foreign Policy

27. Colombia: The Violent Neighbour

28. New Rights for Indigenous Peoples

29. The Changing Character of the Opposition

30. The Old Trade Unions Oppose the Revolution, October 2001

Part 6. The Three Opposition Attempts to Overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution

31. The Revolutionary Decrees of November 2001, the Resignation of Lu̕s Miquilena, and the Mobilisation of the Opposition

32. The First Opposition Threat: The Coup and Counter-Coup of April 2002

33. The Atmosphere after the April Coup

34. 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse': The Media War

35. The Second Opposition Threat: The 'Economic Coup' of December 2002

36. Providing Food and Education to the People: The Development of the 'Missions', 2003-2004

37. The Third Opposition Threat: The Recall Referendum of August 2004

Epilogue: The Military and Civil Society

A Song for Bol̕var

Appendix A. Ch̀vez and Castro in Havana

Appendix B. The Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Appendix C. Sauce of Wonder

Postscript: Venezuela In 2011

Bibliography

Index.