och ial ▁post ure " ▁adopted ▁by ▁Power ▁and ▁C ohen ▁was ▁" ent ire ly ▁in ▁line " ▁with ▁the ▁reception ▁that ▁Ch om sky ▁had ▁received ▁from ▁the ▁Ang lo - American ▁world . ▁ ▁Hugo ▁Ch á vez ' s ▁end ors ement ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Venez uel an ▁President ▁Hugo ▁Ch á vez ▁held ▁up ▁a ▁Spanish - language ▁copy ▁of ▁H eg em ony ▁or ▁Sur v ival ▁during ▁his ▁speech ▁at ▁the ▁United ▁Nations . ▁Ch á vez ▁pra ised ▁the ▁work ▁as ▁an ▁" ex cell ent ▁book ▁to ▁help ▁us ▁understand ▁what ▁has ▁been ▁happening ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ". ▁He ▁ur ged ▁everyone ▁present ▁to ▁read ▁it , ▁including ▁those ▁in ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁remark ing ▁that ▁" I ▁think ▁that ▁the ▁first ▁people ▁who ▁should ▁read ▁this ▁book ▁are ▁our ▁brothers ▁and ▁sister s ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁because ▁their ▁threat ▁is ▁right ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁house ." ▁A ▁vocal ▁anti - imper ial ist ▁and ▁prominent ▁critic ▁of ▁U . S . ▁foreign ▁policy , ▁particularly ▁in ▁his ▁native ▁Latin ▁America , ▁Ch á vez ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁describe ▁U . S . ▁President ▁Bush ▁as ▁the ▁" dev il " ▁in ▁his ▁speech . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁demand ▁for ▁the ▁book ▁dram atically ▁increased . ▁Within ▁a ▁week , ▁sales ▁had ▁ris en ▁ten fold ; ▁it ▁reached ▁number ▁ 1 ▁on