We Created Chávez

Discover the history of Venezuelan political activism in We Created Chávez. This book examines the social movements and revolutionary groups that paved the way for Hugo Chávez's rise to power. Author George Ciccariello-Maher interviewed grassroots organizers, former guerrillas, and government officials, uncovering a new history of activism in Venezuela. This book tells the story from the perspective of leftist guerrillas, women, Afro-Venezuelans, indigenous people, and students who have been struggling against corruption and repression since 1958. We Created Chávez recasts the Bolivarian Revolution as a long-term and multifaceted process of political transformation.