Venezuela

Deeper into the Abyss

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6380464
AutoresJulia Buxton (0000-0002-1423-8074, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume38
Fascículo2
Páginas409-428
Data de publicação2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRevista de ciencia política (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0716-1417 • E-ISSN: 0718-090X
EditoraSciELO Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (ANID) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4067/s0718-090x2018000200409
OpenAlexW2900744173
SCIELO_PIDS0718-090X2018000200409
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas6

Fissures between the ruling Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) and its grassroots base widened amid disaffection with the dismal economic performance of President Nicolás Maduro's government and the trend of militarization in his administration. Economic crisis and chronic insecurity accelerated migration. Opposition strategies of violent protest resumed as the executive continued to bypass the opposition-controlled legislature. Long-term divisions within the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) alliance over strategies for removing the government prevented the opposition from capitalizing on social discontent. The rift between parties supporting electoral approaches and more radical perspectives pressing for the overthrow of the government were replicated among external actors, whose interventions aggravated rather than alleviated political tensions

Alliance · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Elite · Grassroots · Legislature · Militarization · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Cultural and political discourse analysis · International Relations in Latin America · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America