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Summary
Hugo Chavez shows a copy of Noam Chomsky's book "Hegemony or Survival" at the UN General Assembly on September 20, 2006

''"It's an excellent book to help us understand what has been happening in the world throughout the 20th century, and what's happening now, and the greatest threat looming over our planet." Citing Chomsky's book, Chávez explained, "...the American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its system of domination. And we cannot allow them to do that. We cannot allow world dictatorship to be consolidated."''