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The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela

By Fernando Coronil
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By Fernando Coronil
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In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter and began to establish what today is South America's longest—lasting democratic regime. Endowed with the power of state oil wealth, successive presidents appeared as transcendent figures who could magically transform Venezuela into a modern nation. During the 1974—78 oil boom, dazzling development projects promised finally to effect this transformation. Yet ...

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