hɪz ɹˌiːɐpˈɪɹəns ɪn vˌɛnɪzwˈeɪlə ˈæftɚ tʃˈeɪvɛz wʌz ᵻlˈɛktᵻd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt, hɪz klˈoʊs ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənz wɪð sˈiːnjɚ mˈɛmbɚz ʌvðə ɡˈʌvɚnmənt ænd ðə pˌʌblɪkˈeɪʃən əvə bˈʊk dˈɛdᵻkˌeɪɾᵻd tə tʃˈeɪvɛz wɪððə tˈaɪɾəl kɔːdˈɪloʊ, ɪdʒˌeɪəsˈiːɾoʊ, pwˈɛbloʊ: lˌæ vˌɛnɪzwˈeɪlə dˈɛl kˌoʊmɐndˈɑːnteɪ tʃˈeɪvɛz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn pˈʌblɪʃt fˈɜːst ɪn mədɹˈɪd ðˈɛn ɪn beɪɹˈuːt ɪn ˈæɹɐbˌɪk ænd ðˈɛn ɹᵻpɹˈɪntᵻd ɪn kæɹˈɑːkəz, kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd ɐ wˈeɪv ʌv kənsˈɜːn fɹʌm ˈɔːl sˈaɪdz ʌv vˌɛnɪzwˈeɪlæn səsˈaɪəɾi.
His reappearance in Venezuela after Chávez was elected in 1998, his close relations with senior members of the government and the publication of a book dedicated to Chávez with the title Caudillo, Ejército, Pueblo: la Venezuela del Comandante Chávez (1999) (published first in Madrid then in Beirut in Arabic and then reprinted in Caracas), created a wave of concern from all sides of Venezuelan society.