Global Security Watch--Venezuela

ISBN-13: 9780313393037 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 248 str.

Daniel C. Hellinger

Opis

The growing importance of Venezuela in the global oil market along with the controversial nature of its leadership provoke concern among some world powers--especially the United States, whose international policies have been heavily criticized by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. This critical look at American/Venezuelan relations presents perceptions held by each government of the other and examines the sources of tensions--and points of confluence--between the two countries.

"Global Security Watch--Venezuela" traces the political relations between the United States and Venezuela from the early roots based in Pan Americanism to the domestic and foreign policies of the Chavez regime, including petro-diplomacy. This book provides a serious examination of the allegations about Venezuelan involvement in the drug trade, terrorism, and intervention; the view that the unilateralism of the United States threatens world peace; and the future of relations between the two countries.