Federico Britos

Federico Brito Figueroa (La Victoria, 2 November 1921 – Caracas, 28 April 2000) was a Venezuelan Marxist historian and anthropologist. Brito's ideas and writings played an important role in the ideological formation of Hugo Chavez, former president of Venezuela.
Born in La Victoria in Venezuela, Brito was a member of Venezuela's National Democratic Party (Partido Democrático Nacional – PDN, which later renamed Acción Democrática) in 1936. Brito, after profound schisms appeared in the Venezuelan left, joined the Communist Party of... plus