Venezuelan Migration Crisis puts the Region's Democratic Governability at Risk
Abstract: As Venezuela has become increasingly authoritarian and its population more and more impoverished, one of the largest waves of migration in the Western Hemisphere has been the consequence hereof. Since 2014, some 2.3 million Venezuelans have fled the country. The politicisation of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), has led to a 50 per cent drop in production since 2013. As a result, oil revenues have become insufficient to maintain the petro-state and its society, generating shortages that have forced millions to emigrate. Venezuela's mass exodus is affecting neighbouring countries - namely, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. This humanitarian crisis is increasingly putting democratic governability in South America at risk, at a moment when the capacity for regional governance has reached a new low. The Venezuelan crisis has triggered a political division within Latin America. The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) has virtually disintegra
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Venezuelas Migrationskrise bedroht die demokratische Regierbarkeit der Region
- Standort
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- Umfang
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Online-Ressource, 13 S.
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Englisch
- Anmerkungen
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Veröffentlichungsversion
nicht begutachtet
- Erschienen in
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GIGA Focus Lateinamerika ; Bd. 6
- Klassifikation
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Politik
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Hamburg
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2018
- Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
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GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Lateinamerika-Studien
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-59911-3
- Rechteinformation
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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25.03.2025, 13:42 MEZ
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Beteiligte
- Mijares, Víctor M.
- Rojas Silva, Nastassja
- GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Lateinamerika-Studien
Entstanden
- 2018