Giro a la izquierda y regreso del populismo

Abstract

espanolEl clima ideologico en America Latina ha cambiado. En algunos paises donde existian partidos progresistas arraigados, esto ha posibilitado la llegada al gobierno de fuerzas de izquierda democratica. En otros, en cambio, ha tomado la forma de populismo. La Venezuela de Hugo Chavez es el caso mas notable del regreso del populismo en su forma tradicional redistribuidora. El articulo argumenta que, con una vision exagerada de su protagonismo regional y apoyado en las rentas del gas y del petroleo, Chavez corre el riesgo de convertirse en un elemento desestabilizador que proyecte la polarizacion de la sociedad venezolana al resto de America Latina. EnglishThe ideological climate in Latin America has changed. In some countries where progressive parties have deep roots, this has enabled democratic Left forces to assume the government. In others, however, the change has come by way of populism. Hugo Chavez?s Venezuela is the most outstanding case of a return to populism in its traditional redistributive form. This article argues that, with an exaggerated view of his regional importance and aided by the oil rent, Chavez runs the risk of becoming a destabilizing force by projecting the polarization of Venezuelan society to the rest of Latin America.

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