Venezuela's National Security Policy under the Chavez regime

[Piotr]

http://www.iir.ubc.ca/pwiasconferences/threatstodemocracy/abstractspapers/submissionforspecial/petrash.pdf

This paper seems to dated as of 2001. It contains descriptions of pre-Chavez Venezuela security policies , as well as Chavez ones (up to 2001, it seems). It describes the role in the military up to that point.

[ret5hd]

1. can you give us the lowdown? a snynopsis?

to see if it's worth my time?

[ret5hd]

2. paging dr piotr...paging dr piotr.

[Piotr]

3. Ok. I will give a brief synopsis.

It basically describes how , under Chávez, the role of the military in government and society has increased; it also mentions factors and conditions in this changing role going back to the 60s (the Puntofijista era, or Fourth Republic - 1961-1999) and describes, among other things, how it relates to Chávez's domestic policy, agenda , actions, et al. While conditions are slightly different today in some ways (the military reasserting a role in defense from outside intervention, for instance), most of what the paper describes holds true. Since the paper is pre-2002, it also provides insight into conditions before the events of April 2002, a major turning point and principal platform through which Chávez gained international fame.