The Chavez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela (Paperback)

The Chavez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela (Paperback): Buy the book

If you had any doubt that the U.S. was a player in the attempted coup agains Hugo Chavez in 2002, this book will remove all doubt.

Why, because it is based on U.S. government documents pursued primarily through FOIA by Eva Golinger, an attorney who is the author.

Forget whether or not you like Chavez as a person, just remember he was democratically elected and reconfirmed as the leader of Venezuela in a referendum. In short, he is the choice of the Venezuealan electorate.

The U.S. has a history of overthrowing democratically elected leaders in Latin America and elsewhere if they represent the poor. Then they are called leftists. It is always odd to us that someone like Obrador in Mexico or Chavez in Venezuela is considered 'leftist' for speaking out on behalf of the majority of their populations.

It isn't just Bush. The U.S. has long defined democracy as meaning U.S. style corporate leaders who play ball with the World Bank and and International Monetary Fund.