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The Last Caudillo | Alma Guillermoprieto | The New York Review of Books
Jan 19, 2026 - Hugo Chávez was not the first president to fail, or to remain popular while failing. But it was his Peronist brand of popularity that so many found disturbing;...
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https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/02/12/a-more-pliant-chavista-venezuela-guillermoprieto/
A More Pliant Chavista | Alma Guillermoprieto | The New York Review of Books
President Trump’s decision to support Delcy Rodríguez as Venezuela’s new leader makes clear that oil, not democracy, is his main concern.
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https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/07/writer-from-the-dance-alma-guillermoprieto/
The Writer from the Dance | Alma Guillermoprieto, Nawal Arjini | The New York Review of Books
Alma Guillermoprieto has spent her nearly fifty-year career writing about America—North and South, from New York to Argentina. From her earliest essay in
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https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/06/american-imperialism-and-the-end-of-sovereignty/
American Imperialism and the End of Sovereignty | Alma Guillermoprieto, Michael Ignatieff, Fintan...
Feb 6, 2026 - Fintan O’Toole hosts New York Review contributors Alma Guillermoprieto and Michael Ignatieff for a wide-ranging conversation on the Trump administration’s
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