This book recounts the recent evolution of the Venezuelan economy and details the consequences of new policies designed to tackle the nation's deepest economic crisis. It also explains the failed military coup in February 1992 that threatened the second oldest democracy in Latin America, and analyzes its causes. It reveals government corruption, the roles played by the military and the media, and discusses the effects of the wars among "economic groups" on the profound turbulence unleashed by the failed coup.
- ISBN10 0870030256
- ISBN13 9780870030253
- Publish Date 1 June 1993
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 21 September 2012
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Brookings Institution
- Imprint Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 120
- Language English