Comandante

"An impressively well-researched and readable portrait . . . a useful reminder of what el Comandante did and didn't achieve, how he got away with it, and the danger of statesmen-as-showmen whose promises are too good to be true." — The New York Times Book Review "A deeply informative, sprightly chronicle of Venezuela's dizzying journey." — The Washington Post In Comandante , acclaimed journalist Rory Carroll tells the inside story of Hugo Chávez’s life, investigates his time as Venezuela’s presi