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‘Comandante: Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela,’ by Rory ….

Comandante depicts an administration consumed by perpetual tumult.

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Between (when he first took office) and his death, Chávez milled through eight vice presidents and more than ministers. Paranoid about loyalty (doubly so after his two-day ouster in a failed coup), Chávez encouraged eavesdropping and backstabbing among his own staff in an unceasing attempt to identify possible defectors. Those who crossed him—even slightly—might have found themselves very publicly denounced as traitors on The Razorblade (a popular late-night show), or watching Chávez lead a chant (in jest, but nevertheless upsetting) about marching them to the execution wall.

One former ally, Raul Baduel, believes that it was Chávez who, angry over his resignation, bought and publicized humiliating sexual photos taken by a former mistress.

The consequences of Chávez’s management style—of what Carroll calls the “game of cat and mouse around the throne”—were felt far beyond his cabinet. In , Chávez renationalized