Ch?vezs Legacy: The Transformation from Democracy to a Mafia State [Hardcover]

Chavezs Legacy: The Transformation from Democracy to a Mafia State refutes the claim that Chavezs regime corrected the errors of Soviet Communism. This book traces Venezuelas communist transformation and its effects on the neighboring nations of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. This book also examines Chavezs behavior in the international arena, strongly emphasizing his close association with Iran and narcotics terrorism.Ari Chaplin has taught courses in comparative politics, Latin American history, and terrorism at various colleges in the New York City Metropolitan area. He also served as an educational consultant for the RMC Corporation in New York City. His book Terror: The New Theater of War was published by University Press of America.

To encourage the review and discussion on the true legacy left him to Hugo Chavez Venezuela and allied countries to the socialist political project, the professor Yorker, Ari Chaplin wrote a penetrating analysis that lays bare what is known as Ch?vez. ... Chaplin makes a careful study. ... Chaplin leaves a reflection that triggers the discussion at the university level in the United States. World leaders, struggling to maintain democracy, have largely ignored the achievements of leaders like Hugo Ch?vez and his supporters in their efforts to transform the system of representative democracy to a state controlled by authoritarian mafias. MiamiDiario

Ari Chaplin has written a thorough and original book about the nature of the Ch?vez regime taking into account not only the socio-economic realities and the national and international policies of his autocracy, but also the use of myths, discourses and references of his populist style. Ariel Segal, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicada and San Martin de Porres University, RPP (Radio Programas del Per?) and the newspaper Per?21

Chavezs Legacy is an interesting analysis of this pseudo-democratic path and its consequences in this century's Venezuelal“+