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Hugo Chavez oli fenomen. Teda on vorreldud Napoleoni, Nasseri, Peroni, Castroga, aga tegelikult pole keegi neist nagu Chavez. Ta valiti demokraatlikult, valitses nagu monarh ning tekitas uhtviisi imetlust ja polgust. Kuidas onnestus tol autokraadil ara voluda mitte ainult terve rahvas vaid ka suur osa maailma avalikkusest? Kuidas suutis ta inimesed nagu kasu peale naerma voi nutma voi maruliselt aplodeerima panna? Ja kuidas onnestus Chavezil voimule jaada hoolimata sellest, et Venezuela tema kae all kokku varises? Kui ta 1999. aastal voimule tousis, lubas ta demokraatlikku revolutsiooni, mis pidi tema kodumaad tundmatuseni muutma. Nii Venezuelas kui mujal Ladina-Ameerikas muutuski karismaatiline Chavez vaeste lootuse ja vabaduse sumboliks. Tegelikkuses aga laks riik presidendi raudsesse haardesse, valitsuse poliitilised vastaseid vangistati voi saadeti riigist valja, samal ajal semutseti koigi maailma diktaatoritega alates Castrost lopetades Ahmadinedzadiga. Tulusa naftaari riigistamise taustal varisesid kokku avalikud teenused ja lakkas olemast kesklass… Seda koike saatmas Chavezi loputud ulesastumised meedias, naiteks alatasa eetris olevas telesaates “Alo Presidente!”.

The Political Spirituality of Cesar Chavez: Crossing Religious Borders maps and challenges many of the mythologies that surround the late iconic labor leader. Focusing on Chavez's own writings, Leon argues that La Causa can be fruitfully understood as a quasi-religious movement based on Chavez’s charismatic leadership, which he modeled after Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi. Chavez recognized that spiritual prophecy, or political spirituality, was the key to disrupting centuries-old dehumanizing narratives that conflated religion with race. Chavez’s body became emblematic for Chicano identity and enfleshed a living revolution. While there is much debate and truth-seeking around how he is remembered, through investigating the leader’s construction of his own public memory, the author probes the meaning of the discrepancies. By refocusing Chavez's life and beliefs into three broad movements—mythology, prophecy, and religion—Leon brings us a moral and spiritual agent to match the political leader.