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Cowboy in Caracas: A Personal Account of
Subject Cowboy in Caracas: A Personal Account of
Start Date 04/20/2007
Start Time 6:00 PM
End Date 04/20/2007
End Time 7:30 PM
Location Mark Twain House Visitor’s Center, 351 Farmington Ave, Hartford
Description Cowboy in Caracas: A Personal Account of
Venezuela’s Democratic Revolution
Charles Hardy


No president today is more controversial than Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Frias. Elected in a landslide in 1998, he promised a peaceful revolution. That peaceful dream became a nightmare when Chavez was overthrown in a coup d'etat in 2002. Surprisingly, he was brought back to power by his supporters, mostly barrio dwellers, within forty-eight hours. Although Chavez continues to be dogged by controversy, he stays in power because of these supporters who see themselves as active participants in a democratic revolution.
As a former Catholic priest who has lived in Venezuela for the past twenty years and spent eight of those years in a cardboard-and-tin shack in one of Caracas' barrios, Charles Hardy is in a unique position to explain what is taking place. Cowboy in Caracas: A Personal Account of Venezuela's Democratic Revolution gives the reader insight into the Venezuelan reality, using an anecdotal presentation drawn from the writer's personal experiences.
Charles Hardy has been writing and speaking about the political and social reality of Latin America for over forty years. He has visited almost every Central and South American country.
Friday, April 20, 2007
6:00-7:30 PM
Mark Twain House Visitor’s Center, 351 Farmington Ave, Hartford
$10 MEMBERS / $15 GENERAL ADMISSION
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