Richard Gott



Profile:
Full name: Richard Willoughby Gott

Area of interest: Latin America, esp. Venezuala

Journals/Organisation: The Guardian

Email: [mailto:rwgott@aol.com rwgott@aol.com]

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Website: Guardian.co / Richard Gott

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Representation: http://www.versobooks.com/authors/282-richard-gott

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Education: Oxford University: History

Career: Formerly a leader-writer, Latin American correspondent and features editor for The Guardian
 * see Wikipedia: early career

Current position/role: journalist


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Other activities: Historian; Honorary research fellow at the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London

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Viewpoints/Insight: Venezuelan information centre: Richard Gott - Hugo Chavez and His Bolivarian Revolution

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 * Resigned from position as literary editor of The Guardian in 1994 following allegations in The Spectator that he had been an "agent of influence" for the KGB, see Wikpedia: 'embarrassing The Guardian'
 * see also: New Statesman: A looking-glass world - Richard Gott was exposed as a supposed KGB "agent of influence" in 1994. Here he fights back, likening the anti-spy hysteria of recent weeks to McCarthyism

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Books & Debate:

 * A Future for the United Nations? CND Pamphlet. Not dated, circa 1968
 * Guerrilla movements in Latin America OCLC 131010, 1970
 * Rural guerillas in Latin America OCLC 835885, 1973
 * Land without evil : utopian journeys across the South American watershed OCLC 26504542, 1993
 * The Appeasers (with Martin Gilbert) OCLC 44059027, 2000
 * In the shadow of the liberator: Hugo Chávez and the transformation of Venezuela OCLC 44822869, 2000
 * Cuba: A New History (New Haven: Yale University Press, OCLC 54865402, 2004
 * Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution OCLC 58595123, 2005

Latest work: Britain's Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt, 2011

Speaking/Appearances: Richard Gott on Britain's Empire - Cadogan Hall, November 17, 2011

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Column name: no regular column / also contributes to Comment is free blog

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 * Hugo Chávez's Bolívarian revolution will soldier on without him - If the president does not recover Venezuela will miss his charismatic leadership. But his dream has come to fruition - 7th March 2013
 * Cuba looks forward to closer US ties in a post-Castro world - Raúl Castro's decision to retire in five years' time is good for the Cuban revolution, and could even bring a new friendship - 26th February 2013
 * Hugo Chávez's Bolívarian revolution will soldier on without him - If the president does not recover Venezuela will miss his charismatic leadership. But his dream has come to fruition - 14th December 2012
 * How Cuba won the missile crisis - Despite the threat of US invasion and nuclear war 50 years ago, Fidel Castro's revolution still survives - 13th October 2012
 * This flurry of memorials discourages deeper analysis of the cost of war - The planned architectural folly celebrating the achievements of Bomber Command ignores its victims - 22nd June 2012
 * Chávez's economics lesson for Europe - Hugo Chávez's rejection of the neoliberal policies dragging Europe down sets a hopeful example to Greece and beyond - 16th May 2012
 * The pope has work to do selling Catholicism in Cuba's busy marketplace - The Catholic church has a weak hold in Cuba – as in the rest of Latin America, evangelical Protestantism has seen huge growth - 27th March 2012
 * Britain is asleep over Argentina and the Falklands - South America is growing in strength and increasingly united. Britain must wake up to this new reality - 23rd December 2011
 * Let's end the myths of Britain's imperial past - David Cameron would have us look back to the days of the British empire with pride. But there is little in the brutal oppression and naked greed with which it was built that deserves our respect - 19th October 2011
 * Cuba looking to find its own way - Announcing its first Communist congress since 1997, Cuba is examining ways to create jobs and ease private sector controls - 9th November 2010
 * Castro really means'' - Apparent U-turns have led some to declare Cuba's revolution dead. It has life in it yet, however - 18th September 2010
 * next for Chile?'' - As the rightwing Sebastián Piñera assumes Chile's presidency, its progressive opposition must re-organise for the 21st century - 18th January 2010
 * other victim'' - With the Chilean elections looming, crucial new information on the death of Eduardo Frei is coming to light - 12th December 2009
 * Back to the bad old days?'' - Does the rightwing coup in Honduras represent a return to the days of rule by violence in South America? - 30th June 2009
 * closer to Cuba'' - Desperate to focus on Venezuela, the US is trying to clear the decks of its old quarrel with Cuba. It will not be easy - 3rd April 2009
 * for the left in El Salvador'' - Mauricio Funes's election win means the rights of the country's indigenous people will at last be recognised and defended - 16th March 2009 (El Salvador)
 * the road to revolution'' - Political elites have more to fear than protectionism – the economic crisis threatens to bring regime change in its wake - 4th February 2009
 * comfort'' - As the bankrupt met in Davos, Latin American leaders got together to offer a vision of a post-recession world - 1st February 2009
 * landmark for Bolivia'' - It may not help a fraught relationship with Washington, but Bolivia's new constitution is a victory to savour - 26th January
 * time to let Cuba in from the cold, and Obama is the perfect man to do it'' - A visit to Havana by a black president ending the US policy of isolation would be as magical as events of 50 years ago - 2nd January 2009
 * The revolution stumbles - The loss by the Chavistas of the main cities in Venezuala is a huge blow, and threatens the survival of the project - 24th November 2008
 * On the warpath with Winston - Three fine books, including a masterpiece by Andrew Roberts, add invaluable insights into Britain's great wartime leader - 9th November 2008
 * Good neighbours - Obama's victory offers hope of a reconciliation between the US and Latin America - 6th November 2008
 * home, gringo'' - Bolivia and Venezuela's expulsion of their US ambassadors exposes yet another faultline in north American foreign policy - Guardian.co.uk - 13th September 2008
 * Paraguay's new broom?'' - The country's new president takes office at a time of economic and political optimism for much of South America - Guardian.co.uk - 22nd August 2008
 * boost'' - Bolivia has voted decisively for its president's socialist programme, but a shadow of reactionary opposition in the would-be separatist eastern regions remains - Guardian.co.uk - 11th August 2008
 * Will Ingrid Betancourt's release end Colombia's civil war? - The hostages held by Farc rebels are free at last, and a peace settlement to Latin America's last intractable war may be in sight - 3rd July 2008
 * A dialogue of the deaf - Obama and McCain have devoted a lot of rhetoric to Latin America, but they've both shown themselves to be hopelessly out of date - 13th June 2008
 * From Che to Chavez - The Venezuelan president's appeal to the Farc to end five decades of guerrilla war is a historic gesture - 9th June 2008
 * Death of a rebel - The leader of Colombia's largest paramilitary movement may have died, but that fact alone will not bring an end to civil war - 25th May 2008
 * Any friend of Hugo's - London elections 08: Always the radical, his respect for Chávez alone gets Ken my vote - 30th April 2008
 * 60 and out - Voters in Paraguay have elected progressive politician Fernando Lugo and in doing so put an end to 60 years of one-party rule - 21st April 2008
 * The bishop with God on his side - If Fernando Lugo wins tomorrow's election in Paraguay, the country will join the leftist governments emerging in 21st century Latin America - 19th April 2008
 * The right to remember - A plan to let Argentines commemorate their fallen soldiers in the Falklands is meeting obstruction from the islanders - 11th April 2008
 * Rise of the red bishop - A priest inspired by Latin America's radical new politics is threatening Paraguay's dictatorship - 10th April 2008
 * For Farc's sake - The deaths of two senior Farc leaders will stymie the peace process and any hope for release for Farc's hostages - 3rd March 2008
 * Bolivar reborn - The Chávez revolution remains the most original and democratic experiment in Latin America, and is clearly here to stay - 28th November 2007
 * Ceasefire in Colombia? - The president's coming talks with Farc have again raised hopes of peace in Colombia. Only he can broker a deal - 9th November 2007
 * Ten decades that shook the world - Ninety years after the October revolution, the revisionists may crow over the failure of communism. But it's too soon to tell - 7th November 2007
 * Che: permanent revolutionary - In the 40 years since Che Guevara's death the world has changed dramatically, yet he remains a significant political presence - 8th October 2007
 * Bad day for the empire - Britain's invasion of Argentina 200 years ago became one of our least-remembered and most ignominious failures - 13th July 2007
 * Labour's sunset - Lloyd George's government spelt the end of the Liberal Party in power, and now Brown is presiding over the dying throes of Labour - 28th June 2007
 * The battle over the media is about race as well as class - The protests in Venezuela are motivated by more than a TV station. The oligarchy fears it is losing its right to run the country - 7th June 2007
 * Argentina's claim on the Falklands is still a good one - 2nd April 2007
 * Britain's vote to end its slave trade was a precursor to today's liberal imperialism - The sanctimonious interventionism that still motivates British governments was first conceived in 1807 - 17th January 2007
 * This eruption is irreversible - Ecuador has joined the red tide now sweeping Latin America in a second struggle for independence - 28th November 2006
 * Latin America is preparing to settle accounts with its white settler elite - The political movements and protests sweeping the continent - from Bolivia to Venezuela - are as much about race as class - 15th November 2006
 * The brutal story of British empire continues to this day -All around the world, from Sierra Leone to Sri Lanka - 22nd July 2006
 * The future of the revolution in the hands of teenage pump attendants - Like the Queen, Fidel Castro is in his 80th year, but he knows the legacy of his rule depends on its constant reinvention - 18th April 2006
 * How I won Hull £345m - In 1966, Britain was in the shadow of another Labour-backed American war - so we headed north - 1st February 2006
 * Revolution in the Andes - Fidel Castro's prophecy has at last been fulfilled as Bolivia joins Latin America's 'axis of god - 20th January 2006
 * Democracy under threat - Chávez will only gain from the US-backed opposition's ploy to undermine elections - 6th December 2005
 * A seismic upheaval among Latin America's Indians - The crisis in Bolivia has put the continent's entire balance of power in question - 11th June 2005
 * Chávez leads the way - In using oil wealth to help the poor, Venezuela's leader is an example to Latin America - 30th May 2005
 * Like Chamberlain in the 30s, Blair is an appeaser of a dangerous global power - He should be in prison, not standing for election - 26th April 2005
 * Loathed by the rich - Why Hugo Chávez is heading for a stunning victory - 7th August 2004
 * The great survivor - Conservative attempts to engineer the overthrow of President Chavez have radicalised his supporters - 17th January 2003
 * Racist rage of the Caracas elite - Venezuela's embattled president faces a Pinochet-style opposition - 10th December 2002
 * A taste for regime change - The US approach to overthrowing Iraq's government closely follows the pattern first set in Cuba in 1898 - 19th September 2002



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