Book of the Week: Comandante
Rory Carroll’s Comandante: Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela is BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week: an abridged version is being read on air in five instalments – 10 minutes each...
Rory Carroll’s Comandante: Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela is BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week: an abridged version is being read on air in five instalments – 10 minutes each -throughout this week. It’s a great chance to hear Rory’s book read by a professional, but hurry: they don’t leave these online forever.

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