The Rise and Fall of the Oil Nation Venezuela

• Autore: Rossi Carlos A
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (574 pages)
• Disciplina: 987
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Venezuela Used to Be Good -- T.E.A.M. -- Contents -- About the Author -- Part I The Lay of the Land -- 1 From Classist Colony to Caudillo Anarchy -- Humble Beginnings -- Classism, Boves and the Origins of the Caudillo -- !!Death to All the White People and to Those Who Can Read and Write!! -- Caudillo Galore -- What Now? -- Boves Makes His Move -- The Great Exodus and the End of Boves -- The Carupano Episode -- The Conflicting Historical Pole-Genes -- When Heaven Listens to Prayers -- Notes -- References -- 2 The Era of Civil War -- After Independence the Real Trouble Starts -- The Death of Simon Bolivar -- The Republics of Venezuela -- The Clarified Citizen -- Paez Economics -- Paez and Adam Smith -- Paez and Hugo Chavez -- Caudillism for Ever? -- The Fall of Paez and the Anarchy of the Liberals -- The Assault of Congress -- The Abolition of Slavery -- The Federal War: History Repeates Itself Again and Again -- Julian Castro -- Boves De Ja Vu? -- The Federal War and the Rebirth of Boves -- Treason Hits the Federalist -- Paez Last Hurrah -- The Legacy of Jose Antonio Paez -- The Pattern of Chaos -- Venezuela Under the Federalists -- It Is the Same Story -- The Illustrious American -- The End of the Old-Fashion Caudillos -- Conclusions: The Unlearned Lessons of Our Time -- Notes -- References -- 3 Below the Land: The Formation of Oil -- What Oil Is -- Chemical Composure of Hydrocarbons -- Oil Reserves -- Chickens Do Come Home to Roost -- Venezuela's Geology and Oil Resources -- Early Political History of Venezuela's Oil -- Notes -- References -- Part II The Rise of an Oil Nation -- 4 Above the Land-3: The Iron Fist of the Mountaineers -- The Pretensions of the Low -- Peace at Last -- Uncle Sam Makes His Entrance -- Cipriano Castro Goes Mad -- Juan Vicente Gomez Settles In -- Gomez' Big Push Forward. ; The 1928 Generation -- The Death of Juan Vicente Gomez -- Notes -- References -- 5 How the Andinos Managed Venezuela's Oil -- The Dominance of International Oil -- The Logical Mistake -- Oil Galore -- Sow the Oil -- Dutch Disease -- Eleazar Lopez Contreras (1936-1941) -- Its Carnival Time Again -- Oil Policy and the Oil Strike -- Instability in the World Order -- Notes -- References -- 6 The Conflicting Poles in the Military -- Isaias Medina Angarita (1941-1945) -- World War II -- Venezuela's Oil Policies -- Medina Pushes Too Far -- The Man has Gone Mad -- The Communist Play Their Cards -- The French-Rumanian Connection -- The Communists Stack the Cards-And then Drop One -- Back to the Past Again -- The Radical Junta Settles In -- Oil Policies of the New Junta -- Lady Barbarian -- Democracy at Last? -- The Expected Coup -- Notes -- References -- 7 The New National Ideal -- Marcos Perez-Jimenez and the End of the Andean Era -- El Nuevo Ideal Nacional -- Time to Build -- Lady Luck Makes an Entrance -- The Battle on the Rancho -- The Inverted U -- The Numbers on the Board -- Human Rights -- The Big Mistake -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 8 The Golden Era -- Democratic Oil Policies -- US Oil Policy -- The Birth of OPEC -- The Three Views -- Venezuela's Oil Policy -- The Devil's Excrement -- The Succesors -- Pacto de Punto Fijo -- The Transition to Democracy -- Betancourts' Perfect Storm -- The Attacks from Afar -- Fidel Castro -- Runaway Marxist Passions -- With a Little Help from His Friend -- The Economy -- Venezuela Average Annual Growth Rates of Selected Economic Indicators 1960-1975 -- Import Substitution Industrialization -- Venezuelan Economy in the Golden Era 1960-1975 -- Venezuelan Economy in the Golden Era 1960-1975 -- Oil Production (TBD), GDP Per-Capita (%) and Inflation (%) 1960-1975 -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References. ; 9 The Explosion of the Elite Pole I 1973-1978 -- Yom Kippur War -- Import Substitution Industrialization -- The State Becomes the Producer -- The Petrodollars -- Venezuela Saudita -- Whose Money Is It Anyway? -- Rentism in Venezuela -- The Plan of National Destruction -- What Economic System Is This? -- Postscript I of Venezuela Saudita -- Notes -- References -- Part III The Fall of an Oil Nation -- 10 The Explosion of the Elite Pole 2 -- CAP's Successors and the End of Venezuela Saudita -- Luis Herrera Campins (1978-1983) -- Average Annual Total Investment Increase 1970-1983 -- Synchronized Monetarism Enters the Stage -- Venezuela -- The Mexican Bomshell -- Venezuela's Capital Flight -- Black Friday -- Jaime Lusinchi (1983-1988) -- The Dance of the Recadi Differential Exchange Rates -- Distractions -- The Vanishing Act of the International Reserves -- Requiem for Import Substitution and Venezuela Saudita -- Our Enormous Paradox -- You Are Not South Korea -- Carlos Andres Perez II (1988-1993) -- The Iesa Boys -- The Nirvana Land that Never Was -- Rich Peoples Problems -- Distractions Again -- Notes -- References -- 11 Hugo Chavez and the End of the Pacted Democracy -- Hero Worship -- Childhood Trauma? -- Venezuela's Border Issues -- The Esequibo Issue -- The End of Carlos Andres Perez -- The Watergate Connection -- The Unlucky Return of Rafael Caldera (1993-1998) -- The Last Card of Democracy in Venezuela -- Venezuelan Banks Collapse -- Rafael Caldera Had no Luck at All!! -- Milton Friedman Walks Through the Door -- Venezuela Is Not the USA -- Human Development -- Globalization Comes to Venezuela -- The "Pardon" of Hugo Chavez -- The Legacy of Rafael Caldera -- Notes -- References -- 12 Unconventional Oil and the Oil Policies of the Elite -- The Nationalization -- Article 5 -- PDVSA the Day After -- The Privilege Boys -- The Market Backdrop. ; Internationalization -- Orimulsion -- Apertura Petrolera (Oil Opening) -- The Rose Planted in the Swamp -- What a Shame! -- Notes -- References -- 13 The Age of Unconventional Oil -- The Needed Transition -- The Dawn of the Orinoco Belt -- Huge -- The Velarde-Galavis Report -- United States Geological Service -- According to the United States Geological Service USGS 2009 Report -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 14 The Explosion of the Resenters I: Politics -- Introduction -- The Political Revolution -- The Resenter-Elite Confrontation Begins -- Alo Presidente -- OPEC in Caracas -- The Elite's Last Stance -- Round One: The Carmonazo Episode -- A War of Attrition -- Round 2: The PDVSA Strike -- Round 3: The National Referendum -- Notes -- References -- 15 The Explosion of the Resenters II: Economics -- Hugo Chavez Jumps to the Left -- The Mocking -- The Missions -- Enter: Oppostion and Government Mistakes -- Chavez Looses One -- Hubris and Delirium Sets In -- Enter XX1 Century Socialism? -- The Economic Fallout of XXI Century Socialism. Part 1 the Social Economy -- Plan Patria and the Parallel Fiscal Budgets -- The Sociological Backdrop -- Notes -- References -- 16 The Explosion of the Resenters III: Social -- Expropiese-Expropiese -- History Repeats Itself Again and Again -- The Graphic Results of Chavizm -- Corruption Galore -- The Fall of the Misiones -- Education -- Dracula's Wake -- Notes -- References -- Part IV The Collapse -- 17 The Political Fallout of the Bipolar Poles Part 1 -- The Death of Hugo Chavez -- The Legacy of Hugo Chavez -- The Argentine Connection -- Nicolas Maduro -- The Decomposition of Venezuela's Elite Opposition -- The Opposition Gets Its Act Together -- The 2013 Presidential Elections -- La Salida -- The Mud Elects a Spokesman -- History Walks Through the Door. ; The 2015 National Assembly Elections and the Implosion of the Mud -- Mud National Assembly Gets to Work -- Sanctions Take Their Toll -- The Legacy of Nicolas Maduro -- Notes -- References -- 18 Oil Policy in the Resenter Context I -- Rafael Ramirez -- Enter Plan Siembra Petrolera -- Notes -- References -- 19 The Political Fall Out of the Bipolar Poles Part 2 -- Nicolas Maduro Strikes Back -- Donald Trump Enters the Door -- The Maduro Diet -- Sanctions on Venezuela -- Henri Falcon -- The 2018 Presidential Elections -- When Egocentrism Begs Treason -- Lies, Slanders and Calumnies -- United We Can't Stand, So Divided We Fall -- The "Interim Government" and the Official Bipolarization of Venezuela -- The Civilian Military and the Coup that Wasn't -- The Meteoric Fall of Juan Guaido -- Human Rights -- Catch 22 -- Covid-19 -- Principal Economic Indicators of Venezuela During the Chavism Era 1999-2021 -- Notes -- References -- 20 Oil Policy in the Resenter Context II -- The Failure of Plan Siembra Petrolera -- The Impact of PDVSA's Perfect Storm on the Economy -- A Vicious Circle -- When Corruption Knows no Bounds -- Corruption and Plan Siembra Petrolera -- PDVSA Now -- The Future Could Be a Lot Brighter -- Notes -- References -- Conclusions and Histoanalysis -- A Bipolar Nation -- No End in Sight -- HistoAnalysis -- Contact Theory -- Venezuela -- The Architecture -- Bibliography.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Rise and Fall of the Oil Nation Venezuela
• ISBN: 3-031-34660-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799209203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II