Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela

"An impressively well-researched and readable portrait . . . a useful reminder of what el Comandante did and didn't achieve, how he got away with it, and the danger of statesmen-as-showmen whose promises are too good to be true." —The New York Times Book Review

"A deeply informative, sprightly chronicle of Venezuela's dizzying journey." —The Washington Post

In Comandante, acclaimed journalist Rory Carroll tells the inside story of Hugo Chávez’s life, investigates his time as Venezuela’s presi...