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Estado y nación durante el golpe contra Hugo Chávez

2005; Spanish National Research Council; Volume: 62; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3989/aeamer.2005.v62.i1.69

1988-4273

Fernando Coronil,

Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America

This essay has two objetives. In the first place, it is a discussion of the development of the coup d’etat against Hugo Chavez during April 11th at 14th of 2002, focusing on the competing views of the opposition and supporters of the government in relation to three processes: the march against the violation of “meritocracia” in the oil industry (corporate criteria for selecting the managers of the state’s oil company), the massacre that took place on April 11th, and the act of proclamation of Pedro Carmona as president on April 12th. The essay examines in particular the choreography of these events and the changing conceptions of the nation and the state involved in these processes. Secondly, on the basis of this examination, the essay concludes with some theoretical observations concerning the state, its constitution, and the manner in which it exerts its hegemony.