Nikolas Kozloff is a Brooklyn-based writer. He is the author of Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the U.S. (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006), Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008), and No Rain in The Amazon: How South America's Climate Affects the Entire Planet (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010). Visit his blog at nikolaskozloff.com
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