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Today on Your Call: What’s next for Venezuela?

  On today's Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about the political situation in Venezuela. President Hugo Chavez’s battle with cancer has prevented him from assuming his presidential responsibilities. So how has Venezuela changed since Chavez took power 14 years ago? Who is in control now? Join us at 10am Pacific or post a comment here. How has Chevez's revolution changed the sociopolitical landscape in Latin America? It's Your Call, with Holly Kernan, and you.

Guests:

 

Miguel Tinker Salas, professor of Latin American History at Pomona College and author of The Enduring LEgacy: Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela

Francisco Toro, freelance journalist and political blogger for Caracas Chronicles

Sujatha Fernandes, professor of sociology at Queens College and author of Who Can Stop the Drums?: Urban Social Movements in Chavez's Venezuela

Resources:

 

Miguel Tinker Salas

Sujatha Fernandes

Caracas Chronicles

NY Times:Austerity Will Cement the Chávez Myth (Francisco Toro)

NY Times: Follow the Oil (Miguel Tinker Salas)

NY Times:Room for Debate -- Venezuela

Democracy Now!:Debate: With Chávez Ailing, Venezuela’s Longstanding Divisions Threaten New Political Upheaval

The Guardian: The Hugo Chávez cult is over

The Telegraph: Death of Hugo Chavez could set off shock waves across region 

Huffington Post:Hugo Chavez Personality Cult Flourishes In Venezuela  

Washington Post:Chavez’s influence wanes in Latin America 

The Atlantic:What Hugo Chavez Built: The Legacy of Latin-American 'Chavismo' 

CNN: Venezuelan elections about more than Hugo Chavez's legacy 

The Economist:The Big Mac index 

ABC News:Diplomat: Check Was for Iranian Company's Work 

Scribd:Poverty Reduction in Venezuela: A Reality Based View 

World Bank:Statistics on Poverty Decline 

The Atlantic:Why Are Venezuelan Prisoners Sewing Their Mouths Shut?

BBC: Venezuela officials: Hugo Chavez's health 'improving'

Global Post: Fidel Castro: Hugo Chavez doing 'much better' (VIDEO)

The New Yorker: SLUMLORD: What has Hugo Chávez wrought in Venezuela?