
CUREJ - College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal
A Tale of Two Revolutions: A Comparative Case Study of the Rhetoric of Twenty-First Century Socialist Movements in Cuba and Venezuela
Division: Social Sciences
Dept/Program: Political Science
Document Type: Undergraduate Student Research
Mentor(s): Tulia Falleti
Date of this Version: 26 March 2019
Abstract
Cuba and Venezuela have historically been signaled as the two longest-lasting socialist revolutions and governments in the Western hemisphere. Much of their revolutionary theory has been based on the actions taken by the United States towards Latin America as a whole, as well as towards those two countries specifically. This can be most acutely perceived in the ways in which the leaders of these revolutions, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, speak about the United States in relation to their own ideologies. Consequently, simultaneously studying these policies by the United States, Castro’s speeches, and those by Chávez provide evidence on how punishment and radicalization are closely related. Specifically, political sanctions have historically fueled the passion with which the sanctioned regime opposes its rival. Additionally, the punishment and radicalization on one revolutionary regime has informed the other revolutionary regime, in that the close ties between Cuba and Venezuela have been crucial to shaping some of Chávez’s rhetoric as well.
Discipline(s)
Comparative Politics | Political Science
Suggested Citation
Lamas, Andreina, "A Tale of Two Revolutions: A Comparative Case Study of the Rhetoric of Twenty-First Century Socialist Movements in Cuba and Venezuela" 26 March 2019. CUREJ: College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal, University of Pennsylvania, https://repository.upenn.edu/curej/221.
Date Posted: 17 May 2019