My first life
Subtitle: conversations with Ignacio Ramonet
By: Hugo Chávez ; translated by Ann Wright
Contributors: Ramonet, Ignacio, interviewer; Wright, Ann, 1943- translator
Edition: English language edition.
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9781784783839
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; Interviews; Biography
Work titles: Mi primera vida
Description: "One of the most important Latin American leaders of the twenty-first century, Hugo Chávez was a military officer who became a left-wing revolutionary. This book tells the story of his life until the moment he was elected President in 1998. His energy and charisma shine throughout the riveting and historically important story of his early years, describing how he slowly uncovered the reality of his country--hugely unequal, with the majority of its citizens living in indescribably impoverished conditions--and decided that he had to do something about it. Among other things, it is a fascinating account of his long-planned military conspiracy--the most significant in the history of Venezuela and perhaps of Latin America--that led up to his unsuccessful coup of 1992, and eventually to his popular electoral victory in 1998."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Originally published in Spanish: Mi primera vida, Spain : Penguin Random House, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-490).