Pirates of the Caribbean
Subtitle: axis of hope
By: Tariq Ali
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781844672486
Subjects: Politics and government; Foreign relations; Revolutions; Diplomatic relations; Historia; Internationella relationer
Description: The Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela has brought Hugo Chavez to world attention as the foremost challenger of the neoliberal consensus and American foreign policy. Drawing on first-hand experience of Venezuelaand meetings with Chavez, Tariq Ali shows how Chavez's views havepolarized Latin America and examines the hostility directed against his administration. Contrasting the Cuban and Venezuelan revolutionaryprocesses, Ali discusses the enormous influence of Fidel Castro on Chavez, President of Bolivia Evo Morales and, in this fully updatededition, the newly elected President of Ecuador Rafael Correa, thelatest addition to the "Axis of Hope." Infused with references to theculture and poetry of South America, Pirates of the Caribbean guides us through a world divided between privilege and poverty, a continent that is once again on the march.
Notes: Includes appendixes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The age of disinformation; title: - 2. Imperial vapours; title: - 3. The fierce bull and the cunning donkeys; title: - 4. Bolivia again; title: - 5. The old man and the revolution: notes from a Havana diary; title: Postscript: notes from a South American diary; title: January; title: December 2007; title: Appendixes.