Venezuela Crisis Quiz
Social Crisis
+Prices in oil drop +Increased problems with the government management of the money +Inflation =Shortage of food and supplies, hunger, unemployment, blackouts, crime -Maduro diet >"Doing without makes you tough" >People skipping meals >Weight loss -Refugees >UN asks other nations to treat them as refugees >"Let them in as official refugees and let them work even if they don't have identification"
Hugo Chavez's great success (2)
-Charismatic -Oil boom (put oil money in to social programs)
Economic crisis
-Chavez >All about spending, little saving >Not a friend to private business, companies leave >Corruption flourishes >Controls currency-rise of the black market -Oil=90+% of venezuelan exports -Maduro's attempts to regulate imports to save value of venezuelan currency doesnt work -Rather than raise taxes or cut spending (saw as political suicide) Maduro prints more money >Inflation skyrockets as a result
FPG Humanitarian Ideals
-Foreign aid -Promoting Democracy
FPG Protecting National Security
-Foreign nations -Other threatening groups
FPG Promoting Economic Prosperity
-Globalization in trade
FPG Preserving World Peace
-Mediating disputes
Political Crisis
-Nicholas Maduro takes over -Accusations of corruption and management -March 2017 >>Supreme court tries to take over national assembly controlled by Maduro's power (Reserved ruling 3 days later) >>Riots and protests in street against government -July 2017 >>Controversial elections set up new assembly (rewrite constitution)
US Role
-Not so good relations for years >Bush, Obama, and Trump administration put sanctions (penalty) on Venezuelan companies and government -Trump imposes new sanctions >Anyone who works for the Venezuelan government or is a family member cannot come into the US >In August 2017, Trump said wouldnt use our military or money options to resolve crisis in Venezuela
Crisis in Venezuela (3)
-Political: Government corruption -Economic: Oil prices and inflation -Social: Reaction to the political and economic (hunger and crime)
Foreign Policy Goals (4)
-Protecting National Security -Preserving World Peace -Promoting Economic Prosperity -Humanitarian Aid
Who was Hugo Chavez
-Socialist -Nationalized industries -socialist programs (increase in education, unemployment dropped, helped the poor) -With money came corruption -But had popular support
Tools of Foreign Policy (2)
-Soft Power: Persuasion -Hard Power: Coercion
Hugo Chavez shady side
-Some dictator type policies -restricted freedoms of the press -Attempted coups against him (not popular with upper class and the US government) -Called president Bush 'the devil' during US speech
Who is Nicholas Maduro
-chavez's vice president -Chavez named him a successor -No government experience (bus driver) -Elected under the promise of keeping Chavez's policies going -Took over in 2013 (soon after oil prices fell)
FP HP Intelligence Gathering
Assess the threat
FP SP Diplomacy
Conducting Negotiations
FP SP Cultural Exchanges
Contact of people (foreign tours, study abroad, performing artists, etc.)
FP SP Trade Relations
Cross border commerce
FP HP Military Alliances
Defend
Wilsonian
Doing what is right
FP HP Boycotts and Sanctions
Economic Pressure (tariffs, trade barriers)
FP SP Foreign Aid
Help for less wealthy countries
FP HP Armed Force
Last resort
FP SP Summits
Meetings of head of state
FP SP Treaties
Peaceful Agreements
Realpolitik
Realistic politics (Politics based on practical and material needs rather than on moral or ethical ideas and objectives); What is best for the US
FP HP Covert Action
Secret tactics to influence events