DAVID DEUTSCHMANN / JAVIER SALADO
Including Fidel Castro’s speech on his first visit to Caracas in 1959 and his return for the inauguration of President Chávez in 1999, this book examines the strong historical links between Cuba and Venezuela that have been reinforced by a growing political convergence between Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez.
Since the failed coup in 2002, the State Department has stepped up its rhetoric against Chávez, his social policies, and his links with his neighbors. Castro explains how regional integration is helping the Venezuelan people emerge from poverty and adding to the momentum of resistance to neoliberalism in Latin America.