Bush v. Chavez: Washington's War on Venezuela

Building on her earlier book 'The Chavez Code' (Olive Branch Press, 2006), Eva Golinger has written 'Bush vs. Chavez, Washington's War on Venezuela,' (Monthly Review Press, 2008), a riveting, comprehensive rundown on continuing U.S. assaults against the Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez. Golinger is a lawyer living in Venezuela who grew up and was educated in the United States. Golinger's new book has promise as an essential tool for anti-imperialist struggle. It covers U.S. preparations for undoing a targeted government that surface en route rather than through post mortem studies. She cites Guatemala (1954), Indonesia (1965), Chile (1973) and Haiti (2004) as examples of the latter. With declassified documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from U.S. agencies, Golinger used her first book to document U.S. funding and facilitation of the failed April 2002 coup that briefly removed President Chavez from office. 'The Chavez Code' also covered the lockout and sabotage campaign paralyzing the state oil company later that year.