The Transformation of Venezuela
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Trinkunas, Harold A.
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2010
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For all the talk of revolution in Venezuela today, it is the twentieth century
that witnessed the most profound transformation in the country’s
state and society. Prior to the advent to power of Juan Vicente Gómez in
1908, Venezuela mirrored many of its neighbors in the Latin Caribbean: it
had an agricultural economy with few substantial exports, a profoundly
divided society in which regional and local attachments (la patria chica) had
pride of place, and a political arena in which violence frequently settled
disputes. By the time Hugo Chávez came to power in 1999, Venezuela had
transformed into a modern country with all its strengths and weaknesses: a
rentier state, a democratic polity, and a modern and cosmopolitan society.
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Latin American Research Review, Vol. 45, No. 3., 2010
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.