The Changing Practices and Meaning of Sovereignty in Venezuela

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The multi-pronged response to the political turmoil in Venezuela that culminated in the coup of 2002 solidified trends of energetic and issue-based interventionism that are increasingly becoming the norm in Latin America. They reveal the region’s staunch commitment to representative democracy, and more importantly, as this paper investigates, a dramatic and probably irreversible shift in the meaning and practices associated with the central principle that governs interstate relations: sovereignty and its corollary, non-interventionism.

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  • Kanika Bhattacharya, Mount Allison University

    Fourth year International Relations Honours student.

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2004-04-01

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