García Márquez on Hugo Chávez.
"A reprint of the essay "The Two Faces of Hugo Chávez," by the Nobel prize-winning writer Gabriel García Márquez is presented. Topics discussed include the failed February 4, 1992 coup by then-Colonel Hugo Chávez, and his plane ride with the writer less than two weeks before his inauguration as the constitutional president of Venezuela on February 2, 1999. Also mentioned are his brief biographic sketch and his study of political science, history and Marxism-Leninism."