Chavismo

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Chavismo or Chavezism is the name given to the left-wing political ideology based on the ideas, programs and government style associated with the present president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, also referred to as Bolivarianism.[1] Adherents to chavismo are referred to as chavistas.

Several political parties in Venezuela support chavismo. The main party, directly affiliated with Chávez, is the Fifth Republic Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Quinta Republica, usually referred to by the three letters, MVR). Other parties and movements supporting chavismo include Homeland for All (Spanish: Patria Para Todos or PPT), and Tupamaros.

The left-wing Movement for Socialism (Spanish: Movimiento al Socialismo or MAS ) and Radical Cause (Spanish: Causa R) initially supported chavismo, but they have since distanced themselves from it, and now oppose it.

A 2002 article in The Boston Globe said chavismo "fueled the eruption of public fury that swept the charismatic and confrontational president back into power after a group of military officers deposed him for two days in April in favor of a businessman-president," adding that the "Chavismo phenomenon has almost religious qualities."[2]

Writing in The Weekly Standard, Thor Halvorssen says that "At [Chavismo's] core is a far-reaching foreign policy that aims to establish a loosely aligned federation of revolutionary republics as a resistance bloc in the Americas. The Chavista worldview sees the globe as a place where the United States, Europe, and Israel must be opposed by militarized one-man regimes."[3]

According to an article in the New York Sun, Chavezism was rejected in recent elections in Peru, Colombia and Mexico,[4] and El Universal reports that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva distanced himself from Chavezism, saying that Brazil is not Venezuela, and has traditional institutions.[5]

Chavista is sometimes used pejoratively by opponents of chavismo.[6]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Morsbach, Greg. Chavez opponents face tough times. BBC News (6 December 2005).
  2. ^ Ceaser, Mike. Chavez followers stay loyal despite Venezuela Crisis. Boston Globe (17 December 2002). pg. A.33
  3. ^ Halvorssen, Thor. Hurricane Hugo. The Weekly Standard, August 8, 2005, Volume 010, Issue 44. Also available at LookSmart.
  4. ^ Barone, Michael. Good News. The New York Sun (31 July 2006).
  5. ^ Lula says he is not like Chávez. El Universal (22 August 2006).
  6. ^ http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=7266

[edit] See also

List of political parties in Venezuela

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