Encountering US empire in socialist Venezuela : the legacy of race, neocolonialism, and democracy promotion / Timothy M. Gill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gill, Timothy M., author.

Contributor:

Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opposition (Political science)--Venezuela.

Opposition (Political science).

Democratization--Venezuela.

Democratization.

Diplomatic relations.

Politics and government.

Chávez Frías, Hugo.

United States--Foreign relations--Venezuela.

United States.

Venezuela--Foreign relations--United States.

Venezuela.

Venezuela--Politics and government--1999-.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

Physical Description:

xii, 260 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Encountering United States empire in socialist Venezuela

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Since the end of World War II, the United States has come to dominate the world economically and politically, leading many to describe the United States as an empire. Scholars have analyzed how the US government has worked through international financial institutions, its Central Intelligence Agency, and outright warfare to achieve its will. In this book, Timothy M. Gill spotlights how the US government also worked through democracy promotion to undermine governments abroad, including in Venezuela. President Hugo Chávez, who ruled from 1999 until his death in 2013, was among the democratically elected Latin American state leaders who embraced socialism and challenged the idea of US global power. Gill shows how US government agencies funded and trained opposition parties and activists, and how such intervention often was justified in neocolonial and racist terms. Through analysis of documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, embassy cables, and interviews with US government and Venezuelan nonprofit members, Gill details such operations and the imperial thinking behind them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Rise of Hugo Chavez and the Evolution of US-Venezuelan Relations

2. Theoretical Perspectives on US Democracy Assistance

3. Understanding Venezuelans, Understanding Chavez: The Endurance of Racist-Imperialist Mentalities

4. Coaching Opposition Political Parties I: The International Republican Institute

5. Coaching Opposition Political Parties II: The National Democratic Institute

6. Promoting Free Market Economics and Traditional Labor Unions in Chavez's Venezuela

7. Funding Anti-Chavez Voices in Civil Society: The National Endowment for Democracy

8. Transforming Chavistas, Encouraging Protest: The US Agency for International Development in Venezuela

9. Chavez Responds: Terminating Foreign Funding for Political Parties and NGOs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.

ISBN:

9780822947448

0822947447

OCLC:

1287125854

Publisher Number:

99992336507