Reddit reviews Exiting The Whirlpool

> How so?

Because the economic policies of Venezuela were not codified in 1999.

> Which of these is not chavista policy?

The one where Venezuela invested hundreds of millions of dollars in petrochemical factories way back in the 70s and 80s.

> Nonsense.

If your familiarity with Venezuela comes from scare stories you read on the internet last week, it'll come as a shock, no doubt.

I recommend picking up Exiting the Whirlpool, a history of US-Latin American relations from the 1970s to the 1990s.