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Venezuela Archive
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The Venezuelan Elections of April 14, 2013: Rehabilitated Neoliberalism versus 21st Century Socialism
By Frederick B. Mills, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on March 29, 2013 | 6 CommentsIn those Latin American countries that have decided to abandon neoliberalism in pursuit of social justice, there has been a change in the parameters of political debate in presidential electoral politics. Right wing electoral campaigns can no longer count on the effectiveness of hysterical anti-communism nor on singing the virtues... -
Hugo Chávez, The Unraveling of the Washington Consensus, and The Skewed Future Direction of U.S.-Latin-America Relations
By Larry Birns, Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and Frederick B. Mills, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on March 13, 2013 | 6 CommentsThe spirit of Hugo Chávez, in death as in life, has inspired a region-wide movement to overcome five centuries of rampant inequality and eliminate crippling poverty. At the same time, much of Latin America has witnessed an upturn of experiments in more participatory forms of democracy that extend the concept... -
Post-Chávez test for Brazil leadership
By Dr. Sean Burges, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs as well as an Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Australian National University." on March 8, 2013 | 3 CommentsThe following article appeared in The Australian Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez has just died after a prolonged battle with cancer. While his death certainly raises questions about the longevity and sustainability of his Bolivarian revolution, it also stands as a significant test of the democracy promoting credentials of Brazil and... -
Venezuela Remembers Hugo Chávez
By Ronn Pineo, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on March 6, 2013 | 1 CommentWhen President Hugo Chávez famously compared President George W. Bush to the devil, Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa said the comparison was unfair. Unfair to the devil, that is. “The devil,” Correa explained, “is intelligent, but Bush is a nitwit.” Today hundreds of thousands of ordinary Venezuelans are streaming through the... -
Hugo Chávez: The Death of a Great Bolivarian
By Frederick B. Mills, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on March 6, 2013 | 6 CommentsHugo Chávez was a world historical figure whose legacy will continue to leave its hemispheric mark on the side of a politics that guarantees social and economic rights. Such a commitment is all but titanic, because it involves a more equitable distribution of wealth, something anathema to the traditional elites... -
Venezuela’s Foreign Policy Without Chávez: Is this the end of ALBA?
By W. Alejandro Sanchez, Research Fellow at Council on Hemispheric Affairs on March 5, 2013 | 3 CommentsHugo Chávez Frias, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, passed away on March 5, 2013, due to severe health complications. For at least the past year and half, the Venezuelan head of state had been battling cancer that continued to appear in spite of several surgeries. He traveled to Cuba for...