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For the astrophysicist, see J. Richard Gott

Richard Willoughby Gott (born 28 October 1938 Aston Tirrold, England) is a British left-wing journalist and historian, who has written extensively on Latin America. Gott, a self proclaimed supporter of the Ernesto Che Guevara [1], and Hugo Chavez [2], has been labeled an “agent of influence” when it was revealed that he had taken payments from the KGB for almost 10 years. [3], [4], [5].


His books include:

Gott, Richard In the Shadow of the Liberator: Hugo Chávez and the Transformation of Venezuela, Verso ISBN: 1859843654

Gott, Richard 2004 Cuba: A New History. Yale University Press, New Haven. ISBN 0-300-10411-1