
Professor’s book probes afterlife of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela
In 2013, Latin American studies scholar Irina R. Troconis went back to Venezuela after the death of Hugo Chávez to find herself trapped in the presence of the leader’s ghostly eyes.
The Chronicle spoke with Troconis about the book “The Necromantic State: Spectral Remains in the Afterglow of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution.”