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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Jon Lee Anderson and John Cassidy on Hugo Chavez’s legacy.

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Obama, Washington, Politics, President, Barack, Lizza, Wnyc, News, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2013

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Jon Lee Anderson and John Cassidy on Hugo Chavez's legacy.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors

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about politics. It's Thursday, March 7th. I'm Amelia Luster managing editor of the New Yorker

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in this week for Dorothy Wickenden.

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At the 4.25 of the afternoon, today 5th of March, has fallen to the commandant president, Hugo Chavez-Frio.

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Tuesday evening, Venezuela's vice president

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Nicholas Maduro announced the death of

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President Hugo Chavez.

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To talk about Chavez, his legacy,

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and the leftward drift of South American politics,

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I'm joined by John Lee Anderson and John Cassidy. John Lee, Chavez, his legacy and the leftward drift of South American politics. I'm joined by John Lee Anderson and John Cassidy. John Lee, Chavez came to power in 1999 and began to implement what he

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eventually called 21st century socialism. So in a nutshell, what did Chavez hope to achieve and what did he

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actually get done? He didn't announce 21st century socialism when he first came in.

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