Hugo! (78 page)

248
broke the record
Cristina Marcano and Alberto Barrera Tyszka,
Hugo
Chávez Sin Uniforme
, page 222.

248
I am not a tyrant
Ibid.

249
a coal substitute
Steven Gutkin, "China Gives Full State
Honors to Controversial Venezuelan Leader," Associated Press,
October 11, 1999.

249
"a true world power"
Ibid.; Steven Gutkin, "Controversial
Venezuelan President Visits Shanghai," Associated Press, October 10,
1999.

249
like water to fish
Gutkin, "Controversial Venezuelan President Visits
Shanghai."

249
beginning to "stand up"
Richard Gott,
Hugo Chávez and the
Bolivarian Revolution
, page 189.

250
he began pitching baseballs
Steven Gutkin, "Controversial
Venezuelan President Visits Shanghai."

250
the almost unheard-of gesture
Marcano and Barrera Tyszka,
Hugo
Chávez Sin Uniforme
, page 226.

250
"I'm a baseball man myself "
Ibid., page 225.

250
"Guess who?"
Ibid.

250
there is no protocol
Ibid., page 226.

251
And it gets results
Ibid.

251
on four continents
Ibid., page 228.

251
shrieking outburst
John Rice, "Castro and Chávez Meet on Baseball
Diamond," Associated Press, November 19, 1999.

251
his heir apparent
Gott,
Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution
,
page 11; John Rice, "Chávez: Now Batting for Fidel?" Associated
Press, November 20, 1999.

252
Castro laughed from the dugout
David Gonzalez, "Havana Journal:
Game Produces 28 Hits, and Political Home Run,"
The New York
Times
, November 20, 1999.

252
More alive than ever
Ibid.

252
are marching toward
John Rice, "Castro and Chávez Meet on
Baseball Diamond."

252
they also had different policies
Ibid.

253
no squelching of domestic dissent
John Rice, "Chávez: Now Batting
for Fidel?"

253
different ways of achieving it
Ibid.

254
closet Marxist
Tim Johnson, "Chávez Puts Hard Edge on His
Referendum Drive,"
The Miami Herald
, December 5, 1999.

255
as time passed
Serge F. Kovaleski, "Venezuelan Voters Make
President More Powerful,"
The Washington Post
, December 16, 1999.

255
Benito Mussolini
Bart Jones, "Venezuela's President Headed for
Victory on New Constitution," Associated Press, December 14, 1999.

255
"devils in vestments"
Larry Rohter, "Venezuela's New Leader:
Democrat or Dictator?"
The New York Times
, April 10, 1999.

256
for the referendum
,
he said
Johnson, "Chávez Puts Hard Edge on His
Referendum Drive."

256
democratic credentials," he said
Michael McCaughan,
The Battle of
Venezuela
, page 94.

256
to 67 percent
Steven Gutkin, "Venezuelan Referendum More
About Chávez than Constitutional Niceties," Associated Press,
December 13, 1999.

256
normally falls in a year
Bart Jones, "Once a Palm-Treed Paradise,
Caribbean Town a Cemetery After Landslides," Associated Press,
March 22, 2000.

256
840 tons
Bart Jones, "A Rebuilding Program That Could Bring
More Disaster," Associated Press, January 26, 2000.

257
Many were dismembered
Fabiola Sánchez, "Authorities Find Dozens
of Mudslide Victims Floating in Caribbean Sea," Associated Press,
January 6, 2000.

257
in a cabinet meeting
Bart Jones, "Chávez Denies Partying During
Flood," Associated Press, January 17, 2000.

258
Alvaro Palache
Jones, "A Rebuilding Program."

259
revolutionary government did
Gott,
Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian
Revolution
, page 152.

259
back up her allegations
"Venezuela Official Says Journalist
Should Ignore Subpoena from Political Police," Associated Press,
January 19, 2000.

259
nothing new in Venezuela
"Rights Groups Welcome Venezuelan
Shift on Abuses," Agence France Presse, January 20, 2000.

260
lined people up and shot them
Steven Gutkin, "Chávez Investigates
Human Rights Abuses, Names Vice President," Associated Press,
January 23, 2000.

260
even sworn in
Marcano and Barrera Tyszka,
Hugo Chávez Sin
Uniforme
, page 200.

260
he later stated
Agustín Blanco Muñoz,
Habla Jesús Urdaneta
Hernández
, page 130.

260
the old regime
Ibid., pages 130-131.

261
his high-voltage attacks
Tim Johnson, "Chávez Puts Hard Edge on
His Referendum Drive,"
The Miami Herald
, December 5, 1999.

262
more than an hour
Tim Johnson, "Chávez's Speeches Hog TV,
Soaps Pushed Off Screens,"
The Miami Herald
, February 18, 2000.

262
like living in a dictatorship
Paul Hughes, "Soaps Are Squeezed Out
as Chatty President Hogs Television Airtime," Reuters, March 2, 2000.

262
I can even do surgery!
Jon Lee Anderson, "The Revolutionary,"
The
New Yorker
, September 10, 2001.

262 nicknamed The Rifleman Johnson, "Chávez's Speeches Hog TV."

262
part statesman
Kevin Gray, "Venezuela President Hugo Chávez:
Loquacious and Proud of It," Associated Press, July 15, 2000.

262
didn't always listen
Author's interview, the Reverend Jesús Gazo,
January 27, 2006.

263
World War II
Steve Ellner, "President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela,"
December 10, 1999.

263
a clothing salesman commented
Johnson, "Chávez's Speeches Hog
TV."

263
happening in Venezuela
"Chávez Complains About the Media,
But Newspaper Says He Talks Too Much," Associated Press,
February 17, 2000.

263
taken over the farm
Anderson, "The Revolutionary."

263
maybe their houseboy
Ibid.

264
500,000 jobs had been lost
Steven Gutkin, "Former Comptroller
Issues Scathing Report Against Venezuelan President," Associated
Press, January 10, 2000.

264
aren't exactly known for our patience
Bart Jones, "Venezuela Clashes
with US Over Reported Comments by Official," Associated Press,
February 1, 2000; Steve Ellner, "Venezuela's Foreign Policy: Defiance
South of the Border,"
Z Magazine
, November 2000.

264
as it did with Castro
Ellner, "President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela."

264
with the IMF
Ellner, "Venezuela's Foreign Policy."

265
old way of doing politics
"Chávez Criticizes Assembly for Lack of
Consultation on Appointments,"
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
,
January 8, 2000.

265
were a "mistake"
Ibid.

265
a national pastime
Steven Gutkin, "With Economy in
Doldrums, Venezuela's President Still Rides High," Associated
Press, May 9, 2000.

266
he joked
Ibid.

266
including Petkoff 's operation
Richard Gott,
Hugo Chávez and the
Bolivarian Revolution
, page 207.

266 the Capriles family Gutkin, "With Economy in Doldrums."

267
turned into criminals
Tim Johnson, "Chávez Government Hit by
Corruption Allegations, Leader Faces Major Crisis,"
The Miami
Herald
, February 12, 2000.

267
in my opinion doesn't exist
Bart Jones, "Chávez, Fellow Coup
Leaders Feud, Stir Division in Government," Associated Press,
February 7, 2000.

267
leading him to the cliff," he said
Tim Johnson, "Former Army
Officers Challenge Chávez on Corruption,"
The Miami Herald
,
February 21, 2000.

267
the Fourth Republic," he said
Ibid.

267
'Yes, master.'
Bart Jones, "Venezuela's President Falls Out with
Former Coup Leaders," Associated Press, February 15, 2000.

268
for the last year
Jones, "Chávez, Fellow Coup Leaders Feud."

271
Standing Tall in Venezuela
John Maisto, "Democracy Standing Tall
in Venezuela,"
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
, April 17, 2000.

271
"he's a psychopath"
Phil Gunson, "Is Hugo Chávez Insane,"
Newsweek
, November 12, 2001.

272
dangerously unhinged
David Adams, "Venezuelan Leader's Sanity
in Question,"
St. Petersburg Times
, December 17, 2001.

272
the rejection permanent
Margarita López Maya,
Del Viernes Negro
al Referendo Revocatorio
, page 234.

273
any questions this afternoon
Alexandra Olson, "Journalists Refuse to
Ask Chávez Questions," Associated Press, April 1, 2000.

273
only doing their job
Luis Cordova, "Media-Venezuela: Chávez Has
Stormy Relationship with the Press," Inter-Press Sevice, May 3, 2000.

273
mental equilibrium
Tim McGirk and Cristina Hoag, "The Battle
of the Colonels,"
Time
, May 29, 2000; "Chávez Tiene Problemas de
Equilibrio,"
El Universal
, March 13, 2000.

273
a traitor for vice president?
"Chávez Supporters Protest
Ex-Colleague's Bid for Venezuela's Presidency," Associated Press,
March 15, 2000.

274
a rock knows that," he said
Tim Johnson, "Chávez Supporters
Predict a Landslide Re-Election,"
The Miami Herald
, May 25, 2000.

274
"Venezuelan golden age"
Ibid.

274
former personal secretary
Larry Rohter, "Critics Question
Legitimacy of Venezuelan Election Process,"
The New York Times,
May 23, 2000.

275
eighteen of twenty-four states
López Maya,
Del Viernes Negro
,
page 241.

275
see how Chávez responds
Timothy Warren, "Opposition Gains
Could Force Chávez to Change His Leadership Style," Associated
Press, August 1, 2000.

275
process of revolutionary change
Steve Ellner, "Renegade or
Redeemer,"
In These Times,
September 4, 2000.

276
in concrete ways
Ibid.

276
vote for Chávez that Sunday
Patrice M. Jones, "Venezuela's Chávez
Wins Second Term, But Rest of Party Has a Harder Time,"
Chicago
Tribune
, July 31, 2000.

276
García Morales said
Phil Gunson, "In Venezuela, Military Sours
on President,"
St. Petersburg Times,
July 29, 2000; Phil Gunson,
"Chávez's Military Maneuvers,"
Newsweek
, July 31, 2000.

276
the possibility is high
Gunson, "In Venezuela, Military Sours."

277
bad days are ahead
Todd Robberson, "Venezuelan Leader Prevails
Amid Unrest,"
The Dallas Morning News,
July 31, 2000.

278
at least fifty years
Bernard Mommer, "Subversive Oil," in
Venezuelan Politics in the Chávez Era
, edited by Steve Ellner and
Daniel Hellinger, page 140.

279
$34.37 a barrel
Steven Gutkin, "Venezuela Criticizes US House
Move to Punish Oil Producers for High Prices," Associated Press,
March 24, 2000.

279
to $16 billion
Fabiola Sánchez, "Venezuela's Chávez Basking in
Spotlight as OPEC Summit Begins," Associated Press, September 26,
2000; Tim Johnson, "Oil Analysts Describe Chávez as a Catalyst in
the Price Run-Up,"
The Miami Herald,
March 2, 2000.

279
in fifteen years
Margarita López Maya, "Hugo Chávez Frías: His
Movement and His Presidency," in
Venezuelan Politics in the Chávez
Era
, edited by Ellner and Hellinger, page 86.

279
flowed into the fund
Richard Gott,
Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian
Revolution
, page 171.

280
hard working and honest
Bart Jones, "Oil Riches Curse, Bless
Venezuela," Associated Press, January 17, 1995.

280
Oil rotted it
Ibid.

280
drilled in 1914
Fernando Coronil,
The Magical State
, pages 70, 75, 79.

280
its top exporter
Ibid., page 70.

281
numerous office buildings
Gott,
Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian
Revolution
, page 168.

281
sixteen million people
Daniel Hellinger,
Venezuela: Tarnished
Democracy
, pages 122-123.

282
violated human rights
Leon Barkho, "Venezuela's Chávez Holds
Iraq Talks," Associated Press, August 11, 2000.

282
see me with Saddam Hussein
George Gedda, "Iraq-Bound
Venezuelan President Angers Washington," Associated Press,
August 9, 2000.

282
suited their purposes
Steve Ellner, "Venezuela's Foreign Policy:
Defiance South of the Border,
Z Magazine
, November 2000.

283
riding a camel
Leon Barkho, "Chávez Heads to Iraq,
Breaking Isolation and Annoying Washington," Associated Press,
August 10, 2000.

283
worries Venezuelans much
Steven Gutkin, "Chávez Visit to Iraq
Provokes Little Outcry in Venezuela," Associated Press, August 10,
2000.

283
those who act that way
Daniel Cooney, "Venezuelan Leader Visits
Indonesia," Associated Press, August 12, 2000.

284
except Fidel Castro
Larry Rohter, "A Man with Big Ideas, a Small
County . . . and Oil,"
The New York Times
, September 24, 2000.