Few topics are more hotly debated in the Americas today than what is Venezuela's Hugo Chavez's Socialism of the 21st Century, the Bolivarian Revolution, and Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA). Joel D. Hirst's pathbreaking study examines the Chavez phenomenon and ALBA, crisply documenting the political and economic ideology behind Chavez's petroleum-driven alliance of nations. Heavily committed to a collectivist, authoritarian, and anti-American future, ALBA in its present confi guration challenges U.S. democratic values, economic liberty, and hemispheric security cooperation. It...

That is why, my new friends the visitor was still speaking. Freddy snapped back to the moment. I would like to make a special request to you from our Comandante, the freely and democratically elected president of Venezuela. He is holding a special socialist youth summit, where la juventud socialista will come from all over the world to learn the lessons of our Revolucion Pacifica. Freddy s heart skipped a beat. He looked up into the dark brown eyes of his new hero and was sure that the message was for him alone. Please, come. Take a folleto, and if you are interested, follow the instructions...

That is why, my new friends the visitor was still speaking. Freddy snapped back to the moment. I would like to make a special request to you from our Comandante, the freely and democratically elected president of Venezuela. He is holding a special socialist youth summit, where la juventud socialista will come from all over the world to learn the lessons of our Revolucion Pacifica. Freddy s heart skipped a beat. He looked up into the dark brown eyes of his new hero and was sure that the message was for him alone. Please, come. Take a folleto, and if you are interested, follow the instructions...

Les seigneurs du chaos: l'odyssee du djihad raconte l'histoire d'Aliuf Ag Albachar. Ne au sein d'une famille de nobles touaregs, il est contraint de quitter sa terre et ses racines pour echapper a un funeste incident. Mais l'esprit d'independance de son clan continue a couler dans ses veines et a le pousser en avant. Il suit alors son c ur, etudiant les textes de l'Islam, devenant directeur de priere, combattant et juge de paix, jusqu'a trouver des reponses dans le martyr - mais pas comme vous pourriez l'imaginer. Les seigneurs du chaos vous emmene dans le Sahara, dans ces vastes espaces...