Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.20901/pm.58.1.04
The Venezuela Problem in United States Foreign Policy
Vladimir Trapara
orcid.org/0000-0001-9975-6446
; Institut za međunarodnu politiku i privredu, Beograd
Sažetak
The author deals with the United States and Venezuela relations up to the current presidential crisis, in order to answer how and why Venezuela became a problem for U.S. foreign policy which requires increased attention and radical measures. The analysis of these relations during the 20th century shows that they were based on oil interdependence of the two states. When a decades-long mismanagement of oil riches in Venezuela at the end of the century caused a social and economic crisis that brought to power Hugo Chávez, who was ready to use oil revenues against U.S. regional hegemonic interests, it marked Venezuela as a problem. American establishment treated the problem with opportunism – oil interdependence prevented the conflict from escalating until the current economic and political crisis in Venezuela after the death of Chávez gave Washington an opportunity for the final clash with the regime at the price of a temporary break in the oil trade. A year and a half after the presidential crisis in Venezuela erupted, it has not been resolved yet, for the chavista regime remained in place, while the U.S. gave up on military intervention. The author points to the perspectives of the problem and the possibilities of its overcoming once the current coronavirus pandemic gets contained.
Ključne riječi
Venezuela; United States; Foreign Policy; Oil; Chavism
Hrčak ID:
255594
URI
Datum izdavanja:
12.4.2021.
Posjeta: 1.502 *