Venezuela's Petro-Diplomacy: Hugo Chávez's Foreign Policy

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Index Acción Democrática (AD), 3 Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: Alliance with Venezuela , 7; “Axis of Diesel,” 9; Chávez’s support for, 12, 70 Alternativa Bolivariana para las Américas (ALBA), 7; European views of, 137; political vulnerabilities, 128–29; principles, 118–22; Venezuelan foreign affairs, 22,34, 69, 71 Aruba, 3 Association of Caribbean States (ACS), 126 Barbados: and Petro-Caribe, 107 Belarus, 12, 93 Betancourt, Rómulo, 3; Betancourt Doctrine, 5; and revolution, 4 Boliburguesía and “Boligarchs,” 13, 38, 158 Bolívar, Simón, 2; and caudillismo, 3 Bolivarian foreign policy, 1, 19, 27–29; axis, 89 Bush, George W.: Chávez’s main target, 72; Venezuelan views of, 54 CARICOM: CARICOM—ALBA agreement, 130–31; Single Market and Economy (CSME), 124; Treaty of Chaguaramas, 127 Castañeda, Jorge: and Chávez’s “Bolivarian” designs, 9 Castro, Fidel: U.S. hostility toward, 4; Venezuelan views on, 54–55 Caudillismo, 2 Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), 125 Chávez, Hugo: anti-American rhetoric, 102; and continental foreign policy, 4; effort to gain seat on UN Security Council, 8; and King Juan Carlos, 73 Chavísmo: as a form of Latin American “Nasserism ,” 81; and the military, 155 China: sales to Venezuela, 18 Christian Democratic Party (COPEI), 5 Colombia: regional disputes, 16–17, 152; sales to Venezuela, 9 Coronil, Fernando, 1; and the Magical State, 6, 9 Council on Foreign Relations: end of U.S. hegemony, 116 Curaçao, 3 Dieterich, Heinz, 112–13 Dominica: and Petro-Caribe, 109–10 Ecuador, 2 European Union, 138–39 Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC): Bolivarian Continental Coordinator, 73; São Paulo Forum, 74; strategic plan, 156; Venezuelan support for, 22, 26, 99 Gallegos, Rómulo, 3 Gómez, Juan Vicente, 2, 3 Jamaica: and Petro-Caribe, 107–8 Kennan, George, 77 King Juan Carlos: and Hugo Chávez, 152–53 Kirchner, Cristina: and Chávez money, 66, 83 Kissinger, Henry, 79, 89n2 162 Index Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, 80 Lukashenka, Aleksandr, 12, 94 Lynch, John, 2 Maduro, Nicolas: as chancellor, 69 Marxists, 6 Media coverage, 141 Medvedev, Dmitry, 8 Mexico, 3 Miracle Mission (Operación Milagro), 82 Misión Barrio Adentro: Cuban doctors, 55 Morales, Evo: and Bolivian autonomy movement , 71, 72; relations with Chávez, 71 Morgenthau, Robert: drug trade, 12 Mussolini, Benito, 80 National Development Fund (FONDEN): assumed debt of Argentina and Ecuador, 83 New International Geopolitics: goals, 68–69 Nicaragua: and Petro-Caribe, 110–11; the San Andrés and Providencia dispute, 111 Nye, Joseph, 113, 115n25 Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 24 Partido Socialista Unida de Venezuela (PSUV): elections won, 10 Pérez, Carlos Andrés, 5 Petro-Caribe, 7: general terms of trade, 104–5; oil to the Caribbean, 34, 82, 103; projects, 125 Petróleos de Venezuela Sociedad Anónima (PDVSA), 5, 24, 41; ownership of CITGO, 7; total sales, 7 Polls: DatAnalysis, 49, 51, 56, 60; Latinobar ómetro 2008, 10; opinions on FARC, 64; Varianzas y Opinión 2008 poll, 72–73 Putin, Vladimir, 8 Referendum on socialism, 86, 154 Reyes, Raúl: Ecuador border, 87; FARC commander , 73; Interpol, 75 Rio Group, 157 Rio Treaty, 5 Russia, 8, 12, 18, 23 San José Accord, 103 Santos, Juan Manuel: Colombian Defense Minister, 75 Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 4 Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA), 5 Socialism of the Twenty-First Century: level of public support, 10; government imposition, 68; core ideas, 80–81 Social power, 31–32 Trinidad, 3; Petro-Caribe, 105–7 Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), 78, 129, 134n23 United Kingdom: and Venezuela, 135–36 United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), 10 Uribe, Alvaro: main target of Chávez, 72 Vallenilla Lanz, Laureano: Cesarismo democrático, 3, 11 Velasco, Alvarado, 80 Venezuelan military, 20–21 Washington Consensus, 117, 152 ...