{"id":7205,"date":"2019-03-06T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/?p=7205"},"modified":"2019-03-06T12:38:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:38:39","slug":"u-s-intervention-and-the-crisis-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2019\/03\/06\/u-s-intervention-and-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Intervention and the Crisis in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As troops leave the military in droves<\/span><\/a>, Nicolas Maduro appears to be losing his grip on the presidency in Venezuela. Presiding over a long running national <\/span>crisis<\/span><\/a>, Maduro remains in power nearly a year after an election that much of his political opposition, the United States, and many U.S. allies <\/span>deemed fraudulent<\/span><\/a>. Much of Maduro\u2019s opposition claims the presidency should go to his political rival, Juan Guaid\u00f3. <\/span>Possible intervention<\/span><\/a> of the United States remains on the table, and there is a long history of U.S. <\/span>intervention in the nation<\/span><\/a>, which, if it happens again, <\/span>could garner more support for Maduro<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

As Guaid\u00f3 now <\/span>calls for national protest against Maduro<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>top military generals<\/span><\/a> and a significant portion of Venezuelans, the <\/span>chavistas<\/span><\/i><\/a> remain at the president\u2019s side. A recent <\/span>article<\/span><\/a> in <\/span>The Nation<\/span><\/i> by sociologists <\/span>Tim Gill<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Rebecca Hanson<\/span><\/a> argues Guaid\u00f3 should attend to the plights of <\/span>chavistas<\/span><\/i> — historic backers of Maduro\u2019s far-left predecessor Hugo Ch\u00e1vez –for any presidential transition to be successful. <\/span><\/p>\n

Gill argues that Guaid\u00f3\u2019s initial rise was due in part to the U.S. influence on student movements that Guaid\u00f3 was a part of meant to rid Ch\u00e1vez of his office, and enable the U.S. to retain a foothold in political and economic matters in Venezuela. Guaid\u00f3\u2019s association with the United States comes at a price. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hanson\u2019s decade-long work with Venezuelans in Caracas suggests that even though many have continued to oppose Maduro, <\/span>“some would prefer that [Guaid\u00f3] \u2018put his house in order\u2019 without outside intervention\u2014that he demonstrate his ability to generate support within Venezuela.\u201d <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whether it is Guaid\u00f3 or Maduro in power, many Venezuelans believe that their country will be under the service of the United States or Russia and China, respectively. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gill and Hanson argue that Guaid\u00f3 should instead attend more to his own people — such as offering free healthcare and the protection of human rights — which would serve the poor and working class through and after his transition into power. They also state this strategy should include aligning himself with former president, Hugo Ch\u00e1vez and his followers, the <\/span>chavistas<\/span><\/i>. Ch\u00e1vez remains a political icon beyond his death due to his legacy as an advocate for the poor and his outspokenness against American intervention in Venezuela. To these ends, Gill and Hanson conclude:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no political future in Venezuela without <\/span>chavista<\/span><\/i> participation, and, one way or another, the opposition and <\/span>chavismo<\/span><\/i> will eventually need to work together toward a new future.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As troops leave the military in droves, Nicolas Maduro appears to be losing his grip on the presidency in Venezuela. Presiding over a long running national crisis, Maduro remains in power nearly a year after an election that much of his political opposition, the United States, and many U.S. allies deemed fraudulent. Much of Maduro\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,13,85],"tags":[29,25210,18824,736,1139,461,39110,40501,39115,727,38830,19021,3655],"class_list":["post-7205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-inequality","category-politics","tag-class","tag-class-inequality","tag-economic-inequality","tag-election","tag-healthcare","tag-human-rights","tag-inequality","tag-political-election","tag-politics","tag-social-class","tag-socioeconomic-class","tag-socioeconomic-status","tag-venezuela"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7205"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7211,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205\/revisions\/7211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}