COMANDANTE

​“This is a terrific read: funny, constantly informative about Hugo Chávez and the Venezuela he has created, and sure to annoy a great many people.”​ —Alma Guillermoprieto​

​“Rory Carroll’s portrait of Venezuela is as nuanced as it is ultimately chilling...”     —Michela Wrong

​​"...Rory Carroll intelligently lays out the puzzle of Chávez’s idiosyncratic populism for us to judge.” ​​​  —Gioconda Belli

​“...An immensely gifted journalist, Carroll has broken new ground with this splendid political biography.” —Michael Shifter