An Affective Picture of Chavismo (III): The Immense Fatigue

Defeats can also be fuel for upcoming victories. They can even drive us to solitude. Forging character consists of, among other things, finding out that even in the worst of circumstances, when we struggle for the cause of the peoples, we are never truly alone.

Notes

(1) Ignacio Ramonet. Hugo Cha'vez. Mi primera vida. Vadell Hermanos Editores. Caracas, Venezuela. Page 684.

(2) Ignacio Ramonet. Hugo Cha'vez. Mi primera vida. Page 685.

(3) Ignacio Ramonet. Hugo Cha'vez. Mi primera vida. Page 687.

(4) Ignacio Ramonet. Hugo Cha'vez. Mi primera vida. Page 686.

(5) Ignacio Ramonet. Hugo Cha'vez. Mi primera vida. Page 687.

(6) Ignacio Ramonet. Hugo Cha'vez. Mi primera vida. Page 687-688.

(7) Ignacio Ramonet. Hugo Cha'vez. Mi primera vida. Page 688.

(8) Ignacio Ramonet. Hugo Cha'vez. Mi primera vida. Page 690.

This is the third installment of a series of texts by Venezuelan writer and theorist Reinaldo Iturriza. Follow the links for the previous texts: part I, part II.

Translated by Ricardo Vaz for Venezuelanalysis.com.

The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Venezuelanalysis editorial staff.

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