High Anxiety in the Andes: The Real Story Behind Venezuela’s Woes

Issue Date April 2001
Volume 12
Issue 2
Page Numbers 17-31
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The conventional wisdom about Venezuela’s plight is largely mistaken. Only when Venezuelans recognize the real causes of their woes will they be able to make progress in overcoming them.

About the Author

Moisés Naím is editor of Foreign Policy magazine at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C.

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