Hugo! (83 page)

414
act of suicide
Ibid.

415
hurry up
Orlando Urdaneta Llama al Magnicidio desde Miami,"
Temas, November 2, 2004; Eva Golinger, "US Agression Towards
Venezuela: The Rise of Black Propaganda and Dirty War Tactics
(Again),"
www.venezuelanalysis.com
, March 30, 2005; Phil Gunsun,
"Prosecutor's Killing Hikes Fears,"
The Miami Herald,
November 20,
2004; Karen Juanita Carrillo, "Political Terror Comes to Venezuela,"
New York Amsterdam News
, December 1, 2004.

415
sanctions against him
Carrillo, "Political Terror Comes to
Venezuela."

415
the only way we have
"Back to Venezuela's Future,"
The Washington
Times
, July 28, 2004.

417
own annual report
Michael Shifter, "Picking a Fight with
Venezuela,"
The Washington Post
, September 20, 2004.

417
Equatorial Guinea
Bart Jones, "US-Venezuela Rift: Sanctions
Stress Relations Further; Bush Accuses Nation of Failing to Combat
Human Trafficking, But Chávez Officials Say Move Is Political,"
Newsday
, September 26, 2004.

418
with Venezuela was Myanmar
Steven Dudley and Pablo Bachelet,
"United States Decertifies Venezuela as Ally in War on Drugs,"
The
Miami Herald
, September 16, 2005.

418
in Fort Lauderdale
Jane Bussey, "Rice Talks with Foe of President
Chávez,"
The Miami Herald
, June 7, 2005.

418
sending the crowd into titters
Steven Dudley, "US-Venezuela
Relationship Reaches a Low,"
The Miami Herald
, January 26, 2005.

419
others are taking advantage
Charles Hardy,
www.cowboyincaracas.
com
, March 2004.

419
"hyena"
Andy Webb-Vidal, "Washington Crafts Policy to Contain
Chávez 'Subversion,'"
Financial Times
, March 14, 2005.

419
cheaper than starting a war
Laurie Goodstein, "Robertson Suggests
US Kill Venezuela's Leader,"
The New York Times
, August 24, 2005.

419
still walking the streets
Colum Lynch, "Chávez Stirs Things Up at
the UN; Venezuelan Leader Wins Cheers with Rant Against US,"
The Washington Post
, September 17, 2005.

420
a decision of survival
Simón Romero, "Leftist Candidate in Ecuador
is Ahead in Vote, Exit Polls Show,"
The New York Times
, November
27, 2006.

421
allied with the Sandinistas
Filadelfo Aleman, "Nicaragua Asks
Chávez to Stop Interfering," Associated Press, May 5, 2006.

421
if Daniel Ortega won
James C. McKinley Jr. and Jill Replogle,
"Leftist Headed Toward Victory in Nicaragua,"
The New York Times
,
November 7, 2006.

422
"Here comes the boss!"
Alan Clendenning, "Chávez Blasts 'US
Imperialism' as Social Forum Draws to Close," Associated Press,
January 31, 2005.

422
Lula is a good guy
Ibid.

422
revocation of broadcasting licenses
Christopher Toothaker,
"Venezuela's TV and Radio Stations Alter Programming as
Government Phases in Media Law," Associated Press, January 27, 2005.

423
pro-Chávez march at all
John Dinges, "Letter from Caracas,"
Columbia Journalism Review
, July-August 2005.

423
a writer for the
Columbia Journalism Review Ibid.

423
wearing a press pass
Ibid.

424
Maria Pilar García-Guadilla
Justin Delacour, "Bias Through the
Back Door: Independent Source Selection in US Press Coverage
of Venezuela," paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Western
Political Science Association, Albuquerque, NM, March 16-18, 2006.

425
copy of communist Cuba
Pascal Fletcher, "Chávez Targets Strike
Leaders; TV Stations May Be Closed; Venezuela Leader Threatens
Jail Terms," Reuters, February 10, 2003.

426
with the US press
Steve Rendall, "The Repeatedly Re-Elected
Autocrat,"
Extra!
FAIR, November-December 2006.

426
democratically elected president
Justin Delacour, "The Op-Ed
Assassination of Hugo Chávez,"
Extra!
FAIR, November-December
2005.

426
opinions about the Chávez government
Ibid.

427
what CNN is telling me
Andrew Maykuth, "How Chávez Captures
Hearts of US Citizens,"
The Philadelphia Inquirer
, May 30, 2006.

427
Catia in western Caracas
Juan Forero, "Pirate Radio as Public Radio,
in the President's Corner,"
The New York Times
, March 8, 2004.

427
by early 2004
Ibid.

427
storeroom of a housing project
Ibid.

428
(Who Wants to Be a Millionaire)
Nikolas Kozloff, "Chávez
Launches Hemispheric, 'Anti-Hegemonic' Media Campaign in
Response to Local TV Networks Anti-Government Bias,"
Washington Report on the Hemisphere
(Council on Hemispheric
Affairs), April 28, 2005.

428
the Venezuelan population
Ibid.

428
veteran journalist Aram Aharonian
Ibid.

428
anti-American propaganda
Nikolas Kozloff,
Hugo Chávez: Oil,
Politics, and the Challenge to the US
(New York: St. Martin's Press,
2006), page 129.

429
we would all leave
Humberto Márquez, "Media: Telesur, a Latin
American TV Network, Is On the Air,"
IPS
, May 24, 2005.

429
'Viva Chávez'
Juan Forero, "And Now, the News in Latin America's
View,"
The New York Times
, May 16, 2005.

429
using the
llanero
harp
Monte Reel, "In Venezuela, New Law Has
Hip-Hop Now Giving Way to Flutes and Fiddles,"
The Washington
Post
, July 17, 2005.

430
back on the airwaves again
Juan Forero, "Venezuelan Strongman's
New Gig: National Disc Jockey,"
The New York Times
, October 3, 2005.

430
at a single performance
Reel, "In Venezuela, New Law."

430
the American way of life, imperialism
"Chávez Inaugurates
Venezuelan Film Studio to Counter Hollywood 'Dictatorship,'"
Associated Press, June 4, 2006.

430
Christian Civic League in Maine put it
John Christoffersen, "Bush
Foe Makes Friends with Poor Americans Through Oil Program,"
Associated Press, February 23, 2006.

431
"shrewd political theater"
Mark Clayton, "A Congressman Brings
Home the Fuel — from an Unorthodox Supplier,"
The Christian
Science Monitor
, November 25, 2005.

431
grudgingly saluted it
Pablo Bachelet, "Chávez Oil Deal Finds Eager
Takers,"
The Miami Herald
, December 12, 2005.

431
you, President Chávez, are our angel
"Venezuela's Chávez Denies
Using Fuel Program as Political Tool," Associated Press, April 25,
2006.

431
I really resented that
Pablo Bachelet, "Chávez's Oil Recipients
Having Second Thoughts,"
The Miami Herald
, September 27, 2006.

433
Bush the terrorist!
Monte Reel and Michael A. Fletcher, "Anti-US
Protests Flare at Summit,"
The Washington Post
, November 5, 2005.

433
among Latin Americans
Larry Rohter and Elisabeth Bumiller,
"Protestors Riot as Bush Attends 34-Nation Talks,"
The New York
Times
, November 5, 2005.

433
the ones who buried it
Ibid.

434
gleeful outside provocateur
Reel and Fletcher, "Anti-US Protests
Flare at Summit."

434
"public relations pounding"
Andrés Oppenheimer, "Chávez
Having Propaganda Field Day at US Expense,"
The Miami Herald
,
November 5, 2005.

434
defeat on his face
Patrick J. McDonnell and Edwin Chen, "Bush
Exits Summit as Trade Talks End in Disagreement,"
Los Angeles
Times
, November 6, 2005.

434
"Freedom!"
Ian James, "As Chávez Warns of US Threat, Venezuelan
Troops Stage Mock Coastal Assault to Prepare," Associated Press,
November 3, 2005.

435
Chávez's national security adviser
Chris Kraul, "Chávez's Personal
Militia May Have a Dual Purpose,"
Los Angeles Times
, April 16, 2006.

435
177 were made in North America
George Gedda, "US Orders Ban of
Arms Sales to Venezuela," Associated Press, May 15, 2006.

435
fifteen helicopters
Christopher Toothaker, "Chávez Kalashnikov
Factory Stirs Fears," Associated Press, June 19, 2006.

436
my dear gringo
Fabiola Sánchez, "Chávez Begins Training
Civilian Militia," Associated Press, April 19, 2006; Venezuela
Information Office, "Venezuela's Defense Spending,"
http://www.rethinkvenezuela.com/downloads/milspend.htm.

436
We are ready
Johann Hari, "Chávez's Miracle Mission,"
The
Independent
, August 25, 2005.

437
for social justice, for equality
Ian James, "Socialism a Hard Sell for
Some Venezuelans," Associated Press, September 5, 2005.

437
when the car is moving
Gary Marx, "Chávez Touts '21st Century
Socialism,' "
Chicago Tribune
, July 15, 2005.

438
paper and cardboard producer
Jorge Martin, "Workers Struggle to
Take Over a Paper Mill in Venezuela,"
www.venezuelanalysis.com
,
October 15, 2004.

438
his detractors were skeptical
"Venezuela's Government Expropriates
Bankrupt Paper Company," Associated Press, January 19, 2005.

438
75 percent of the arable land
Christopher Toothaker, "Venezuela
Promises to Grant 100,000 Plots of Land to Poor Farmers,"
Associated Press, January 4, 2005.

438
it is pre-history
Alice M. Chacon, "Venezuelan President
Encourages Authorities to Implement Land Reform Law," Associated
Press, January 9, 2005; Juan Forero, ""Venezuela Land Reform Looks
to Seize Idle Farmland,"
The New York Times
, January 30, 2005.

439
Arbenz in Guatemala in 1954
Steven Dudley, "Chávez Eyes Idle
Lands, Raising Fears,"
The Miami Herald
, January 22, 2005.

439
the wild llanos
Brian Ellsworth, "A Delicate Balance,"
Fort
Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
, June 12, 2005.

439
insensitive landowning elite
Ibid.

440
assassinated in the struggle
Author's interview, Braulio álvarez,
February 15, 2007.

440
Saudi Arabia's 260 billion barrels
Natalie Obiko Pearson, "Chávez
Says Initial Drilling in Orinoco Finds Deeper Deposits than
Expected," Associated Press, August 11, 2006.

440
before the reforms were adopted
Mark Weisbrot, "The Failure of
Hugo Bashing,"
Los Angeles Times
, March 9, 2006.

440
economic performance in a century
Mark Weisbrot, "Populists Aid
Poor, Spur Growth,"
The Augusta Chronicle
, March 23, 2006.

441
best rate in the region
Banco Central de Venezuela,
www.bcv.org.ve
.

441
add up to Cuban communism
"Oil, Missions and a Chat Show —
Hugo Chávez's Venezuela,"
The Economist
, May 14, 2005.

441
than Cuban communism
Mark Weisbrot, "Growth Is a Homerun in
Venezuela," Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services,
November 1, 2005.

441
Chávez was a neo-liberal
Simón Romero, "For Venezuela, as
Distaste for US Grows, So Does Trade,"
The New York Times
,
August 16, 2006.

442
the South American consensus
Monte Reel, "A Latin American
Pipeline Dream; Regional Leaders Put Weight Behind Gas Plan,"
The Washington Post
, February 12, 2006.

442
five to eight years of completion
Alan Clendenning, "Energy
Independence Is South America's Pipe Dream," Associated Press,
January 20, 2006.

443
Venezuela sent to Asia
Steven Dudley, "In Ideology, Oil, Two
Nations Find Common Ground,"
The Miami Herald
, August 15, 2005;
"Venezuela to Buy 18 Oil Tankers from China," Associated Press,
May 10, 2006; "Venezuela Signs Oil Deal with China,"
Voice of
America News
, August 24, 2006; Tim Johnson, "Chávez Touts
Stronger Ties Between Venezuela, China,"
The Miami Herald
,
August 26, 2006; "Venezuelan Oil Shipments to China Rise to
200,000 Barrels a Day," Associated Press, September 15, 2006.

443
fifty-eight tankers by 2012
"Venezuela to Buy 18 Oil Tankers from
China"; "Venezuela, Argentina Begin Construction of New PDVSA Oil
Tanker Fleet," Associated Press, July 27, 2006.

443
$5 to $10 a barrel
Dudley, "In Ideology, Oil."

444
finish off the US empire
Nasser Karimi, "Hugo Chávez Receives
Iran's Highest Honor," Associated Press, July 31, 2006.

444
refusal to sell it replacement parts
Chris Kraul, "US Eyes Venezuela-
Iran Commercial Alliance,"
Los Angeles Times
, June 24, 2006.

445
"harpoon diplomacy"
Larry Birns and Julian Armington, "The
State Department's Shannon,"
Washington Report on the Hemisphere
(Council on Hemispheric Affairs), December 20, 2005.

445
Iran's "sidekicks"
Steven Dudley, "Chávez's Wooing of Iran Called
Troubling,"
The Miami Herald
, March 2, 2006.

445
stuck in traffic
Ian James, "US Envoy's Car Pelted in Venezuela,"
Associated Press, April 8, 2006.

446
cartoons on his office door
Richard Winton and J. Michael Kennedy,
"Deputies' Questions Unsettle University; 'Chilling Effect' Is
Feared After a Pomona College Professor Is Queried on His Links to
Venezuela,"
Los Angeles Times
, March 11, 2006.