Revolution and Counter-Revolution: Or, Venezuela Revisited ![](/wp-content/themes/Dissent-Rumors-Mobile/images/lock.gif)
When I first wrote a review-article for DISSENT on Venezuela,* I advanced the idea that the Betancourt “democratic” revolution, which enjoyed enthusiastic U.S. support, was really the beginning of a genuine “counter-revolutionary” movement in Latin America. I took it that …