Nikolas Kozloff is an expert on South America and a former fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs in Washington, D.C. He contributes articles to Counterpunch, buzzflash.com, venezuelanalysis.com, Z Net, and blogs on senorchichero.blogspot.com. He has appeared on PBS "World Focus", C-SPAN "Washington Journal" and "The Daily Show"" and is the author of ""Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics and the Challenge to the US" and "Revolution! "He lives in Brooklyn, NY.