Emma Brossard
Emma Brossard | |
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Brossard in 1979. | |
| Born | October 1, 1928 |
| Died | November 15, 2007 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Oil industry analyst |
| Children | 3 |
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| Thesis | Rómulo Betancourt: A Study in the Evolution of a Constitutional Statesman (1971) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | politics, government |
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Emma Beatriz Brossard (October 1, 1928 – November 15, 2007) was an American professor of politics and government at the Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge and noted expert on the Venezuelan oil industry. She authored four monographs on the Venezuelan oil industry and its history. She was known for her criticisms of the Hugo Chavez administration and its policies in governing the Venezuelan oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, Sociedad Anónima (PDVSA).