Buena Vista Solidarity and the Axis of Aid

Cuban and Venezuelan Public Diplomacy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9753363
AutoresMichael J Bustamante (0000-0002-4481-6648, Council on Foreign Relations, autor correspondente), Julia E Sweig (Council on Foreign Relations)
Ano2008
Volume616
Fascículo1
Páginas223-256
Data de publicação2008-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716207311865
OpenAlexW2157586378
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas34

Eager to capitalize on the sensationalist appeal of a new anti-U.S. “axis,” the international press often perpetuates a perception that Cuba and Venezuela are, in spirit and in deed, inseparable. Such depictions diminish the significant differences in the ways and the success with which each country promotes its image abroad. Although Cuba and Venezuela employ many of the same public diplomacy tactics to advance their related anti-U.S. worldviews, the Cuban regime has proven much more successful at playing the role of the victim and using this position as a way to increase its international legitimacy. Likewise, Cuba is far more sophisticated at employing cultural products to support diverse political, diplomatic, and economic ends—many of which arguably serve a market-oriented purpose rather than a strictly anti-imperialist or antiglobalization agenda

Appeal · Deed · Diplomacy · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public Diplomacy · Sensationalism · Sociology · Solidarity · Cuban History and Society · International Relations in Latin America · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America