In the End, Awful Journalism
On the occasion of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s death last week, much of the international media responded in typical…
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What Chávez Left Behind: The Streets of a Continent and a Bolivarian Revolution of Everyday Life
The bus slid along the Bolivian jungle road, with evangelical music blasting out of the speakers. Rain dripped steadily…
Yo Soy Chavez, Tu Eres Chavez, Todos Somos Chavez
Reflections on the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez In the past hours my inbox is bursting with messages…
I first met Hugo Chávez in New York City in September 2006, just after his infamous appearance on the…
Chávez and the Dream for a Better World
The news poured down like a hard Venezuelan rain—Hugo Chávez had passed. After a two-year-long battle with cancer, we…
Revolutions Don’t Die: My Initial Reaction At the Passing of Hugo Chavez
Our generation has few great heroes who have fallen before their time. Our parents can remember losing Malcolm and…
Hugo Chávez Kept His Promise to the People of Venezuela
He wrote, he read, and mostly he spoke. Hugo Chávez, whose death has been announced, was devoted to the…
In Loving Memory: Hugo Chavez Frias 1954-2013
A wonderful human being has passed. What do I do when I am angry, happy, or sad? I write.…