Cuba And Venezuela: An Insight Into Two Revolutions

Is Venezuela the new Cuba? This is a comparative study of Cuba and Venezuela delineating the similarities and divergences between the revolutionary processes of the two countries. With Latin America becoming more volatile than it has been for decades, German Sanchez addresses the question of whether Venezuela is taking the road first traveled by Cuba. Sanchez speaks from a uniquely authoritative viewpoint - he is the Cuban ambassador to Venezuela - which takes in both a first-hand knowledge of the Cuban revolutionary process and an intimate familiarity with the inner workings of the Venezuelan political landscape. In the face of President Chavez’s outspoken resistance to the neoliberal project in Latin America, accelerating social reforms in Venezuela and rising hysteria in Washington about the relationship between Chavez and Fidel Castro, Cuba and Venezuela is a uniquely objective and authoritative analysis by one of the figures closest to the action. If the Cuban revolution was one of the defining events of the late 20th century, then it seems likely that the course Venezuela is to take with relation to both Cuba and the United States over the next few years will be one of the most important political happenings at the start of the 21st.