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Richard Gott

Historien et écrivain, Richard Gott est co-auteur de The Appeasers.

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Democracy under threat in Venezuela

by Richard Gott

Caracas (Venezuela) | 9 December 2005

The people of Venezuela have gone to the polls 11 times in seven years. Almost a superfluity of democracy, some might think, and signs of electoral fatigue could be detected in Sunday’s elections for the National Assembly when only 30% of the electorate bothered to vote.

In using oil wealth to help the poor, Venezuela’s leader is an example to Latin America

Chávez Leads the Way

by Richard Gott

Caracas (Venezuela) | 2 June 2005

A muddy path leads off the airport motorway into one of the small impoverished villages that perch on the hills above Caracas, a permanent reminder of the immense gulf between rich and poor that characterizes oil-rich Venezuela.
Only 20 minutes from the heart of the capital city a tiny (...)