Libro: Venezuela's Collapse: The Long Story of How Things Fell Apart

"Millions have left, and many more are fleeing...Everyone has theories, but Carlos Lizarralde digs into our history all the way back to the 1500s to figure it out. The result? A captivating essay full of eye-opening insights, a real page-turner."
Édgar Ramírez, César du cinéma and two nominations to the Golden Globes
“This book is the best chronicle I’ve read of the historical events that led to the Chavez presidency and the subsequent destruction of Venezuela's democracy. Lizarralde’s wealth of knowledge and erudition are truly astonishing. This is a must-read book for anyone who wants to understand how Chavez became possible”
Moisés Kaufman, Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear, US National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize finalist
"With captivating narrative and analysis, it serves as a compass to navigate the past, helping readers comprehend the complexities that have led to the country's downfall."
Boris Muñoz, Maria Moors Cabot Award, founding editor opinion page of The New York Times en Español

“Carlos Lizarralde goes back to colonial times and returns to the present with shocking answers. A marvelous essay by a careful thinker, this book will become mandatory reading..."
Michelle Roche Rodríguez, Finalist, Celsius Award for her novel Malasangre

“Provocative… A fascinating thesis. Must read for anyone interested in the social dynamics of Venezuela.”
Alfredo Brillembourg, architect, Venice Biennale of Architecture’s Golden Lion
"This riveting book is a thorough and serious examination of Venezuelan history.... Lizarralde's analysis is devastating and illuminating. Venezuela's Collapse is a timely and crucial book. I couldn't put it down."
Ariana Neuman, author of the New York Times Bestseller When Time Stopped, National Jewish Book Award
How did Latin America's exceptional democracy become a nearly failed state? Why would a leader firmly in control lead one of the planet's richest countries into a humanitarian crisis? Conventional wisdom blames the madness of a populist leader who squandered an oil fortune. In Venezuela's Collapse, Carlos Lizarralde offers an alternative account that places race, ethnicity, and the struggle over resources at the center of the Hugo Chavez story.
The book chronicles 500 years of demographic and economic strands that came together in 1998 with the election of a dashing new President. By following Chavismo's dismantling of the liberal state, the ransacking of public enterprises, and the appearance of a feudal world of violence, hunger, and disease, Venezuela's Collapse offers a compelling argument about what happened in the country.
Venezuela's uncertain future will be determined, for better or for worse, by the fractured and conflicted past that fueled the Bolivarian Revolution. Carlos Lizarralde's account will become a key road map in the years ahead.