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The Unraveling of Representative Democracy in Venezuela (1st Edition) by Professor Jennifer L. Mccoy (Editor), Professor David J. Myers (Editor) Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-8018-8428-4 / 0801884284 ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-8428-3 / 9780801884283 For four decades, Venezuela prided itself for having one of the most stable representative democracies in Latin America. Then, in 1992, Hugo Chávez Frías attempted an unsuccessful military coup. Six years later, he was elected president. Once in power, Chávez redrafted the 1961 constitution, dissolv |