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The balance of culture and politics is just right and provides you with a clearer picture of venezuela rarely if at all presented by the mainstream media

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Of paritcular interest was the politcal history of the chavez presidency and the trials and tribulations it has faced throughout its course the constant battle within the oil industry and how what we in the western world have been told about it has been presented with bias and misrepresentation

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Maslin goes a long way to correcting this and shows us the reader a clearer picture gained through his extensive research in an almost pilgeresque fashion

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What i didnt so much care for however were the authors political observations

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Media and i am open to giving the chavez government a fair hearing but maslin continually attacked the united states even on the topic of the real story of the 911 attacks in the u

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But after visualizing a beautiful view that is described to launch into an opinioneditorial piece is unnecessary

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Maslin seems to lean towards chavistas through parts of the book without any real knowledge of the facts and what actually occured such as when describing the coup detat

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Jamie maslin has done it again with this brilliant follow up to his first book iranian rappers and persian porn