Hugo! (77 page)

213
with mixed success
Ibid.

214
Chávez's political success
López Maya, in
Venezuelan Politics
, pages
81-83.

215
the newspaper reported
Raymond Collit, "Ex-Coup Leader Improves
in Polls,"
Financial Times
, February 24, 1998.

215
$17.745 billion
López Maya,
Del Viernes Negro
, page 214.

215
5 percent of the GDP
Ibid.

216
A sea of hands went up
Bart Jones, "Venezuelan Poor Praise Coup
Leader," Associated Press, August 3, 1998.

216
"poisoned chalice"
Gott,
In the Shadow
, page 147.

216
as an independent
"Workers Party Withdraws Support for Former
Miss Universe," Associated Press, August 2, 1998.

216
Roman Catholic country
Ray Collit, "Venezuela's Party Stalwart Eyes
Victory Over Flamboyant Rivals,"
Financial Times
, June 16, 1998.

217
without hesitation
Steve Ellner, "Report from Venezuela,"
Commonweal
, October 23, 1998.

217
going to be democratic
Todd Robberson, "Venezuelan Front-Runner
Worries US,"
The Dallas Morning News
, December 5, 1998.

217
pale in significance
"Salas Römer Closes Fast on Chávez," Latin
America Regional Reports, October 6, 1998.

217
organized by Chávez
Andrés Oppenheimer and Tim Johnson,
"Venezuelan Candidate Had Marxist Rebel Link, Reports Allege,"
The Miami Herald
, October 5, 1998.

218
"shootable" if he won
Diana Jean Schemo, "Renegade Officer
Favored in Venezuela Election Today,"
The New York Times
,
December 6, 1998.

218
possibility of violence
Steve Ellner, "Man of the People: President
Hugo Chávez Challenges Venezuela's Political Establishment,"
In
These Times
, March 21, 1999.

218
fried babies for breakfast
"Salas Römer Closes Fast on Chávez."

218
Gadhafi with a bit of Castro
Tim Johnson, "Former Coup Leader
Emerges as Top Venezuelan Candidate,"
The Miami Herald
, May 9,
1998.

218
propaganda purposes
McCaughan,
Battle for Venezuela
, page 41.

218
go to jail
López Maya,
Del Viernes Negro
, page 222.

218
sizzling frying pan
Ibid.

218
despised the Adecos
Ibid.

219
calm their fears
Bart Jones, "Former Coup Leader, Popular in
Presidential Polls, Scares the Rich," Associated Press, April 22, 1998.

219
any way she could
Cristina Marcano and Alberto Barrera Tyska,
Hugo Chávez Sin Uniforme
, page 334.

220
Yalies, too
Bart Jones, "Venezuelans Hope to Get a New Leader,"
Associated Press, December 1, 1998.

221
US bank accounts
Bart Jones, "Former Venezuelan President
Charged with Illegal Enrichment," Associated Press, April 14, 1998.

221
ran out to greet him
Steven Gutkin, "Thousands Greet Detained Ex-
President as He Arrives in Hometown," Associated Press, October 31,
1998.

222
gaining fourteen was possible
López Maya,
Del Viernes Negro
, page
227.

222
1,096,116 compared with 564,391
Ibid.

222
keeps going up
Jones, "Venezuelan Poor Praise Coup Leader."

222
the traditional parties
"Yale-Educated Businessman Rejects Pact to
Oppose Ex-Coup Leader," Associated Press, November 18, 1998.

223
AD's request anyway
López Maya,
Del Viernes Negro
, page 225.

223
see if he could do it
Tim Johnson, "Leader of Failed Coup Leads
Venezuela Race,"
The Miami Herald
, December 4, 1998; Steven
Gutkin, "Venezuelans Try to Prevent Former Coup Leader's
Presidential Victory," Associated Press, November 28, 1998.

223
architecture professor said
Tim Johnson, "Leader of Failed Coup
Leads Venezuela Race."

223
"but liberty"
Sebastion Rotella, "Venezuelans Likely to Vote In a
Strongman,"
Los Angeles Times
, December 6, 1998.

223
a communist
Steven Gutkin, "Chávez Elected Venezuelan
President," Associated Press, December 6, 1998.

223
no one can stop it
Bart Jones, "High Expectations May Haunt
Venezuela's President-Elect," Associated Press, December 8, 1998.

224
widest gap between rich and poor in the world
Steven Gutkin,
"Venezuela's Chávez Presents Agenda," Associated Press,
December 7, 1988.

224
United Nations Development Program
Raymond Collit, "Chávez
Capitalizes on Deep Divisions in Venezuelan Society,"
Financial
Times
, November 19, 1998.

224
jets per capita in the world
Ibid.

224
for a very long time
Diana Jean Schemo, "Renegade Officer Favored in
Venezuelan Election Today,"
The New York Times
, December 6, 1998.

225
the only antibiotic we have
Brook Larmer with Victoria
Cunningham, "Col. Charming,"
Newsweek
, November 23, 1998.

227
What scientist can explain this?
Clifford Krauss, "New Chief to
Battle Venezuela's 'Cancer,'"
The New York Times
, February 3, 1999;
Tim Johnson, "Leader of Failed Coup Leads Venezuela Race,"
The
Miami Herald
, December 4, 1998.

227
accept it," he said
Serge F. Kovaleski, "Venezuelan President Vows
'New' Revolution,"
The Washington Post
, February 3, 1999.

227
most inexcusable basket cases
Tim Padgett, "Mystery Man,"
The
New Republic
, January 4, 1999.

228
this century
Steven Gutkin, "Venezuela's Hugo Chávez Begins
Presidency with Controversy," Associated Press, February 27, 1999.

228
constitutional framework," Dobbins said
George Gedda, "President-elect
Hugo Chávez Tells Clinton He's Not a Dictator-in-Waiting,"
Associated Press, January 27, 1999; "'Good Chemistry' at Chávez-
Clinton Meeting," Agence France Press, January 28, 1999; Andrés
Oppenheimer, "Chávez Says 'Right Things' to US Officials,"
The
Miami Herald
, January 28, 1999.

228
on a good footing
Oppenheimer, "Chávez Says 'Right Things.'"

228
American-Venezuelan relation
Bart Jones, "Former Coup Leader
Calls for Change to Venezuela's Constitution," Associated Press,
February 3, 1999; Krauss, "New Chief to Battle Venezuela's 'Cancer.'"

229
checks and balances
Gutkin, "Venezuela's Hugo Chávez Begins
Presidency with Controversy."

229
December presidential race
"Heightened Criticism of Chávez's
Alleged Authoritarianism," Associated Press, February 17, 1999.

230
a committed democrat
"Venezuela's Chávez to Convince World He
Is Not Hitler, Mussolini," Agence France Press, January 11, 1999.

230
pacify followers
Laurie Goering, "Personality to Spare in Venezuela:
New President Shows Signs of Jekyll and Hyde — And Both Are
Popular,"
Chicago Tribune
, March 10, 1999.

231
the response was really beautiful
Marta Harnecker,
Understanding
the Venezuelan Revolution
, page 74.

231
exactly what this country needs
Larry Rohter, "In New Role,
Venezuela Army Runs Clinics and Shops,"
The New York Times
,
April 13, 1999.

232
enthusiasm and happiness
Harnecker,
Understanding the
Venezuelan Revolution
, page 82.

232
role of military defense
Deborah L. Norden, "Democracy in
Uniform: Chávez and the Venezuelan Armed Forces," in
Venezuelan
Politics in the Chávez Era
, edited by Steve Ellner and Daniel
Hellinger, page 105.

232
emergencies and natural disasters
Laurie Goering, "Soldiers Take
Pride in New Project: In War with Poverty, Venezuela Mobilizes
Military to Motivate Change,"
Chicago Tribune
, March 3, 1999.

233
turn to the armed forces
Harnecker,
Understanding the Venezuelan
Revolution
, page 74.

233
metastasized in all directions
Ibid., page 63.

233
repackaged and sold it
David Marcus, "Chronicle of Corruption:
Book of Political Scandals Lures Venezuelan Readers,"
The Dallas
Morning News
, February 21, 1993.

234
a national sport
Tim McGirk, "Hail to the Chief: His Landslide
Victory Gives Chávez the Power to Set His Own Political Agenda:
What Is It?"
Time
, May 10, 1999; Tim Johnson, "Populist President
Stirs Hearts — And Some Fears,"
The Miami Herald
, March 1, 1999.

234
very affectionately
Johnson, "Populist President Stirs Hearts."

235
He seduced them all
"Venezuela's Chávez Plays Ball with US
Financiers, Baseball Stars," Agence France Presse, June 11, 1999.

235
others did, too
Sergio R. Bustos, "Did Chávez 'Make' It in New
York,"
Latin Trade
, August 1999.

235
"President Jekyll and Colonel Hyde"
Goering, "Personality to Spare";
"Venezuela's President Is Seeking Radical Change in His Country's
Institutions. Nobody Is Quite Sure to What End,"
The Economist
,
June 5, 1999.

235
Latin American strongman
Goering, "Personality to Spare."

236
not anti-communist
Agustín Blanco Muñoz,
Habla El Comandante
,
page 392.

236
a bit of all of those
Larry Rohter, "Venezuela's New Leader:
Democrat or Dictator?"
The New York Times
, April 10, 1999.

236
chaos and mismanagement
Tim Padgett, "Mystery Man,"
The New
Republic
, January 4, 1999.

236
arcane details of state spending
Larry Rohter, "Venezuela's New
Leader."

236
Every human being deserves respect
Todd Robberson, "Venezuelan
President Riding Momentum of Support,"
The Dallas Morning News
,
June 6, 1999.

237
escort the protestors out
Steven Gutkin, "Chávez Supporters Stage
Sit-In to Protest Media Coverage," Associated Press, September 23,
1999.

237
seriously ill daughter
Bart Jones, "Live from Caracas It's President
Chávez — And You Can Talk to Him," Associated Press, July 23, 1999.

238
Carlos Canache Mata
Bart Jones, "Critics Say Chávez Wants to Use
Assembly to Create Dictatorship," Associated Press, June 30, 1999.

238
"outright defeat for Chávez"
Steven Gutkin, "Chávez's Goals for
Venezuela May Yet Derail; Mistrust Widespread Despite Vote,"
Associated Press, April 27, 1999.

238
"superman"
Laurie Goering, "Venezuela's Charismatic Leader on
a Roll; But Some Worry as New President Adds to Powers,"
Chicago
Tribune
, April 25, 1999.

239
15.4 percent
Margarita López Maya,
Del Viernes Negro al Referendo
Revocatorio
, page 338.

239
in January 2000
Ibid.

239
asked what they want
Bart Jones, "Hundreds Vie to Rewrite
Venezuela's Constitution," Associated Press, May 20, 1999.

240
Many constitutional experts agreed
Richard Gott,
Hugo Chávez and
the Bolivarian Revolution
, page 147.

241
before it sinks completely
Steven Gutkin, "Constitutional Assembly
Convenes in Caracas, Declares Itself Sovereign," Associated Press,
August 3, 1999.

241
guilty of defamation
Bart Jones, "Imprisoned Journalist in
Venezuela: Bold Critic or Sloppy Reporter?" Associated Press,
December 24, 1996.

241
dismissed at will
Gott,
Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution
,
page 182.

242
often for years
Steven Gutkin, "Constitutional Assembly Declares
Judicial Emergency in Venezuela," Associated Press, August 19, 1999.

242
James B. Foley said
Barry Schweid, "Administration Registers
Concern Over Curbs on Venezuela's Congress," Associated Press,
August 26, 1999.

243
build them up again
Laurie Goering, "Personality to Spare."

243
give birth to another
Michael McCaughan,
The Battle of Venezuela
,
page 88.

243
being consummated
Steven Gutkin, "Legislative Emergency in
Venezuela," Associated Press, August 25, 1999.

244
"a worse fate"
"Chávez's Muddled New World,"
The Economist
,
November 20, 1999.

245
believe it is the truth
Serge F. Kovaleski, "Getting the Word Out;
Venezuela's Populist Leader Says Opponents 'Lies' Have Led to
US Misperception of His Reform Drive,"
The Washington Post
,
September 6, 1999.

245
"verbal shootouts"
Bart Jones, "Standoff Between Congress and
Constitutional Assembly Resolved in Venezuela," Associated Press,
September 9, 1999.

245
tried to block reform
Steven Gutkin, "Chávez Outlines Plan
for 'Revolution' Through New Constitution," Associated Press,
August 5, 1999.

245
get what he wanted
Steve Ellner, "A Clean Break,"
In These Times
,
October 31, 1999.

246
overflowed with 25,000
Bart Jones, "Venezuela's Prison
System a House of Horror," Associated Press, December 26, 1996.

246
didn't allow it
Ibid.

247
worker programs
Ellner, "A Clean Break."