Modern Venezuela: Oil, Revolution, and the Maduro Endgame

By Sofía Chacón

Modern Venezuela: Oil, Revolution, and the Maduro Endgame is a sweeping narrative of power, corruption, and collapse that traces more than a century of struggle from the birth of the petro-state to the dramatic 2026 capture of Nicol s Maduro by U.S. forces.

Across thirty vivid chapters, this book follows Venezuela's transformation from a land of caudillos and oil booms to a nation consumed by revolution, economic crisis, and authoritarian rule. It examines how the world's largest proven oil reserves became both a blessing and a curse, creating immense wealth while undermining institutions, distorting democracy, and binding the country's destiny to the price of crude.

From the long dictatorship of Juan Vicente G mez and the democratic pact of 1958 to Hugo Ch vez's Bolivarian Revolution and the turmoil of the Maduro years, Modern Venezuela explores the personalities, policies, and international pressures that shaped a century of upheaval. Drawing on historical archives, court documents, and eyewitness accounts, it offers a deeply human portrait of the people caught between ideology and survival.

The book culminates in the stunning events of January 3, 2026, when U.S. forces captured President Maduro in a clandestine operation that changed Latin America's political landscape overnight. Told with cinematic detail and historical precision, it captures the chaos, controversy, and consequence of a moment when history seemed to collapse into real time.

Balanced, gripping, and meticulously researched, this is the essential modern history of Venezuela, a story of oil and ambition, revolution and repression, sovereignty and decline.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GGBK9DLV
• ISBN13: 9798243611343
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"