Venezuela and Hugo Chavez
Lesson Plans
Basic Information about Venezuela
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108140.html
Hugo Chavez
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/_/print/PrintArticle.aspx?id=159786564
The Way to Venezuela
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20020417wednesday.html?searchpv=learning_lessons
Videos Available from Kellogg Institute Lending Library
Simon Bolivar
With a clearly defined sense of purpose, the young Venezuelan Simon Bolivar planned his country's revolution against the Spanish Empire and European colonialism. A series of successes were followed by failures, yet the patriot was undaunted in his desire to unite the continent against all odds. Bolivar eventually liberated five countries, adopting a Declaration of Independence for Venezuela and making it the first free Spanish-American colony.
Other Resources
Venezuelan Map
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/venezuela_rel93.jpg
Notre Dame Faculty List
Michael Coppedge
Associate Professor of Political Science
mcoppedg@nd.edu
www.nd.edu/~mcoppedg/crd/
Geographic focus: Latin America (Venezuela, Andean countries); cross-regional
Thematic interests: Democratization, quality of democracy; Latin American parties and party systems; Venezuelan politics.
