High Anxiety in the Andes: The Real Story Behind Venezuela’s Woes

Issue Date April 2001
Volume 12
Issue 2
Page Numbers 17-31
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The conventional wisdom about Venezuela’s plight is largely mistaken. Only when Venezuelans recognize the real causes of their woes will they be able to make progress in overcoming them.

About the Author

Moisés Naím is editor of Foreign Policy magazine at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C.

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Further Reading

Volume 18, Issue 2

Venezuela: Crowding Out the Opposition

President Hugo Cháez's regime demonstrates how a public desire for change plus state resources can be exploited to undermine democracy.

Volume 22, Issue 1

Latin America: A Surge to the Center

The left-right ideological divide has begun to narrow in Latin America as citizens and leaders increasingly choose a pragmatic approach to politics and embrace the rules of the democratic game.

Volume 12, Issue 2

High Anxiety in the Andes

The Editors’ introduction to “High Anxiety in the Andes.”