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    SUMMARY

    The September 2010 election in Venezuela, which saw the governing United
    Socialist Party (PSUV) lose its two-thirds majority, highlighted the gravity of the
    challenges facing President Hugo Chavez's "Bolivarian Revolution".  
    According to Frederic Clairmont, the polls were a reflection of the continuing
    clash of contending class forces:  the Chavez-led movement for a "socialism
    of the 21st century" and opponents seeking to entrench a neoliberal, market-
    oriented order.

    In this intense struggle, the forces ranged against the Venezuelan
    government enjoy the backing of powerful external elements, not least of
    which is the mighty United States establishment.  However, as this book
    reveals, the US itself is now mired in economic and military debacles which
    are undermining its imperial drive.

    It is this, along with the buildup of Venezuela's productive forces and the
    undimmed revolutionary fervor for a more just and equitable society which is
    giving hope to the people of Venezuela and inspiration to progressive people
    everywhere.


    AUTHOR

    Dr. Frederic Clairmont was for many years a permanent
    senior economic affairs officer in the United Nations
    Economic Commission for Africa and the UN Conference on
    Trade and Development (UNCTAD).  He is one of the world's
    leading international marketing and financial analysts  He
    has also taught at University of King's College and
    Dalhousie University.  He is author of the celebrated work,
    The Rise and Fall of Economic Liberalism, and several major
    works on transnational control of global commodity
    markets.


VENEZUELA
The Embattled Future
Frederick Clairmont

ISBN: 0-9845255-2-1
978-0-9845225-2-2
$8.95 / 62 pp. / 2011





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