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Steve Ellner

Journalist

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Venezuela’s “Demonstration Effect”: Defying Globalization’s Logic

by Steve Ellner

Caracas (Venezuela) | 19 October 2005

The continued ability of President Hugo Chávez to carry out significant reforms in the face of U.S. hostility and a fierce U.S.-supported domestic opposition has important implications for progressive Latin American struggles. Chávez’s success places in doubt the view that effective resistance (…)