From Chávez to Maduro: Continuity and Change in Venezuelan Foreign Policy

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

This article addresses the transition from the presidency of Hugo Chávez to that of Nicolás Maduro, in the light of the effects of the dynamics in domestic politics and the changing international order on the formulation of Venezuela's foreign policy. We start from a central question: how does Maduro's government, amid a less favourable global scenario, face the international commitments made by its predecessor under complex and different domestic conditions? Our central hypothesis is that the historical currents of sociopolitical fragmentation, regional tensions and the energy market, pose difficulties to the continuation of an expansive foreign policy, but in turn act as a stimulus for greater centralisation of power internally, and the politicisation of the foreign policy agenda, in line with the objectives and general trends pursued by the governing party.

Object Details

• ISSN: 0102-8529
• Extent: Seite(n): 165-201
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Contexto internacional, 38(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Internationale Beziehungen ; internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik ; Energiepolitik ; Zentralisierung ; Politisierung ; Energiewirtschaft ; Regierungspolitik ; Innenpolitik ; Regierungspartei ; politischer Wandel ; Venezuela ; Modell ; Außenpolitik ; internationale Beziehungen ; Südamerika

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Romero, Carlos A. ; Mijares, Víctor M.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-8529.2016380100005
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-56129-5
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST