Compares the sociopolitical processes behind two major revolutions - Cuba in 1959 and Venezuela in 1999. With special attention to the Cuba-Venezuela alliance, Silvia Pedraza and Carlos Romero show that the geopolitical theater where these events played out determined the dynamics and reach of the revolutions.

This book compares the sociopolitical processes behind two
major revolutions--those of Cuba in 1959, when Fidel Castro came to power, and Venezuela
in 1999, when Hugo Chávez won the presidential election.