The author Miguel Tinker Salas is Aramont professor of Latin American History and professor of History and Chicano/Chicana Studies at Pomona College, Claremont, CA
This is highly recommended reading for anyone who wants a detailed and unbiased history of, the basis of the continued destabilization of Venezuela. The importance of oil reserves and the role of US and British multinationals, are outlined leading up to the election of late President Hugo Chavez and; the legacy his successor Nicolas Maduro tries to continue.