Encountering US empire in socialist Venezuela : the legacy of race, neocolonialism, and democracy promotion / Timothy M. Gill.
| Author/creator |
Gill, Timothy M. author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2022] |
| Description | xii, 260 pages ; 24 cm. |
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| Portion of title | Encountering United States empire in socialist Venezuela |
| Series | Pitt Latin American series Pitt Latin American series. ^A223435 |
| Contents | Introduction. US empire in the twenty-first century -- The rise of Hugo Ch avez and the evolution of US-Venezuelan relations -- Theoretical perspectives on US democracy assistance -- Understanding Venezuelans, understanding Ch avez : the endurance of racist-imperialist mentalities -- Coaching opposition political parties I : the International Republican Institute -- Coaching opposition political parties II : the National Democratic Institute -- Promoting free market economics and traditional labor unions in Ch avez's Venezuela -- Funding anti-Ch avez voices in civil society : the National Endowment for Democracy -- Transforming Chavistas, encouraging protest : the US Agency for International Development in Venezuela -- Ch avez responds : terminating foreign funding for political parties and NGOs -- Conclusion. Making theoretical sense of US democracy assistance efforts in Venezuela. |
| Abstract | "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 Ch avez, 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2022029655 |
| ISBN | 9780822947448 |
| ISBN | 0822947447 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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