Venezuela's Bolivarian Democracy: Participation, Politics, and Culture under Chávez

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23 de Enero, 22–23, 82, 86, 179–85, 230; in the 1980s, 174–79; community media in, 134–35, 139–40, 145, 150, 154; origins of, 160–65; radical politics in, 165–70; student protest in, 170–74; support for Chávez in, 157–60 1958 coup, 164, 166, 184n22 1961 Constitution, 28, 31, 59, 323 1992 coup, 6–7, 130n2, 219, 320 1999 Constitution: Aporrea discussion of, 221, 226–27; Catholic Church response to, 322–25; Catia TVe support for, 123, 125; Chávez on, 31, 58; community media in, 143; education in, 70; government structure and, changes in, 1, 28; indigenous people in, 275; participatory democracy in, 24, 28–29, 32, 58–64, 69, 76, 91, 341; representative democracy in, 35–36; social justice in, 68; urban land committees in, 80, 82, 84–89, 96–97, 99–101 2002 coup, 24, 33, 37, 186, 294, 315, 326– 28; Catholic Church response to, 325; community media response to, 24, 113, 125, 133, 136–38, 222, 281; Evangelical Council of Venezuela’s response to, 329, 335–36; Land Law influence on, 65; PdVSA’s response to, 9, 47; PSuV’s response to, 228; Raul Baduel’s response to, 239; rCtV’s involvement with, 126, 324 Abortion, 323–24 Acción Democrática (Ad), 103n14; in 23 de Enero, 169; elections of, 181n1; elites of, 241; racial politics of, 276, 280, 292 Acosta-Alzuru, Carolina, 300–301 Afro-Brazilians, 276 Afro-Venezuelans: in 1999 Constitution, 143; in Acción Democrática, 276; in Chávez’s discourse, 21; in coastal north, 135; in constitutional reforms, 275; as opposition, 283; as politicians, 288, 296n14; rCtV’s depiction of, 284–85; in social movements, 292–93, 296n16, 325; in women’s poetry, 302 AlCASA, 46–51 La Alianza por Yaracuy (lAPy), 61 Aló Ciudadano (television show), 278 Aló Presidente (television show), 150, 192, 237, 251, 291 Al Son del 23, 139–40, 145–46, 154 Alvarez, Hector, 118–19 Alvarez, María Auxiliadora, 298, 303 Amazonas, 153 Andrés Pérez, Carlos, 6, 58, 173 Anti-communism, 334 Antillano, Andrés, 66–67, 82–84 Aporrea.org, 221, 241–42; contributors to, 223–26; direct democracy debate of, 233–36; endogenous development debate of, 236–38; origins of, 222; PSuV’s debate of, 226–33; referendum debate of, 239–41 Aragua, 225, 227 Arendt, Hannah, 179 Argentina, 3, 15, 58, 224, 301, 330 Asamblea Popular Revolucionaria. See Aporrea Ascaño, Gladys, 281, 296n10 Asociación de vecinos (AVs), 53–55 Assembly of Barrios, 66, 85–86 Index 374 Index Aufderheide, Patricia, 110 Authoritarianism, 12–13, 16, 58–59, 234, 322 Auyero, Javier, 14–15, 104 Ávila, Apostle Raúl, 263, 329–30, 336–37 Baduel, Raul, 239 Baiocci, Gianpaolo, 16 Banco Obrero, 160–61, 169, 172, 184n20 Barinas, 283 Barreto, Daisy, 311 Barrio Adentro, 52–53, 55, 71–72, 190– 92, 196–200. See also Misión Barrio Adentro Barrio Charter, 89–91 Baruta, 89, 94 Bastian, Jean Pierre, 319 Bentham, Jeremy, 13 Betancourt, Rómulo, 165–69 Blanco, Andrés Eloy, 276–77 Blanco, Antonio Gúzman, 318 Bolivar, Simon, 7, 289 Bolivarian Circles, 7; awareness of, 52; eCV involvement with, 326; participation in, 36, 199–200; origins of, 86–7; research about, 39, 206; urban land committees and, 94–97, 100–101 Bolivarian missions. See Misiónes Bolivarian Revolution, 6, 33, 37–39, 109, 129, 133, 159, 180, 186–87, 190, 192, 200, 208–10, 212, 226, 228, 240–41, 317, 340 Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement 200 (MBr-200), 7, 33, 320–21, 337 Bolivia, 7, 268 Bravo, Napoleón, 136, 279 Brazil, 329; democracy in, 3, 13; Internet in, 224; populism in, 268; race in, 276; Radio Ali Primera on, 153; student movements in, 19; World Social Forum in, 34 Bush, George W., 222, 282 Cafetal, 54 Calcaño, María, 302 Caldera, Rafael, 3, 6, 58, 170, 321, 324 Campins, Luis Herrera, 176 Canal 8, 239, 241 Caracas: awareness of, 52; barrios in, 49, 85–86, 91, 257, 270n21, 313, 328; Catholics in, 329; Communist Party in, 166; community media in, 104–5, 109, 111– 12, 114, 116, 126, 128, 132, 134, 136, 145, 149; geography of, 278, 330; healthcare in, 69, 72, 303; housing in, 160, 169–70, 173, 175; migrants in, 163; opposition in, 89; radical movements in, 171, 176–77; support for Chávez in, 158; urbanizaciones in, 54; urban land committees in, 93–94, 96–97, 102n1; women’s poetry on, 309; workers in, 4...