Encountering US Empire in Socialist Venezuela: The Legacy of Race, Neo-Colonialism, and Democracy Promotion (Hardcover)

Regular price R$ 365,00

by Timothy M. Gill

Description 

This book spotlights how the US government worked through democracy promotion to undermine the Venezuelan government.

President Hugo Chávez, who ruled from 1999 until his death in 2013, was among the democratically elected Latin American state leaders who embraced socialism and challenged the idea of US global power.

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The book shows how US government agencies funded and trained opposition parties and activists, and how such intervention often was justified in neocolonial and racist terms.

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Through analysis of documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, embassy cables, and interviews with US government and Venezuelan nonprofit members, Gill details such operations and the imperial thinking behind them.

About the Author

Timothy M. Gill is assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Product Details

Category: Nonfiction, Venezuela

Language: English

Format/Binding: Paperback

Book Condition: New

ISBN-10: 0822947447

ISBN-13: 978-0822947448

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Date Published: October 25, 2022

Pages: 276

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