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Media Legislation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its changes
Němcová, Anna ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Štechová, Markéta (referee)
This work deals with venezuelan media legislation, it's changes after the 2002 failed coup d'état and possible implications on freedom of expression. It describes the structure of ownership of media outlets in Venezuela and tries to closer understand the very principles of operating of venezuelan media. It also briefly deals with the socioeconomic situation of the country and with laws, that have been passed under the governance of Hugo Chávez. A part of this study is dedicated to the Chávez - media relationship and to creation of his media image. In quite detailed manner is then analyzed the 2002 coup d'état, in which private media outlets have played the primordial role. This part of the study focuses on media coverage of this critical event in modern history. Related topic to this is then chapter, that unveils american funding of venezuelan journalists and private media outlets. Finally this work sheds light on claims about the undemocratic character of venezuelan media, made by some western media and humanitarian watchdogs, that are proven to be false.
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Venezuela in foreign policy of G.W.Bush: democracy promotion as an appropriate tool for protection of national interests?
Bartoňová, Eva ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Fojtek, Vít (referee)
The relations between the United States and its traditional ally, Venezuela, experienced a turn for the worse during the presidency of George W. Bush. The Bush administration reacted to the radical president Hugo Chavez with an increase in funding of the so-called democracy promotion in Venezuela and with a silent support of the unsuccessful coup in 2002. The long history of U.S. interventions in Latin America during the cold war gives ground to the criticism by many authors who see these steps as an attempt to get rid of a democratically elected president just because he is confronting the American vision about a political and economic system desirable for the region. This work focuses on democracy promotion as a tool of the U.S. foreign policy, which is on one hand related to the identity of the United States as a unique historical democratic experiment, but also reacts to a threat posed to the national interests by other states. It deals with the types of threats that Hugo Chavez could have possibly presented, and thus shows to what extent the Bush administration used democracy promotion in a pragmatic way. The analysis of Chavez's actions in oil politics, economic integration and security issues, and its comparison with the trend in democracy promotion shows that the U.S. financing activities...
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FARC-EP
Kubátová, Eva ; Opatrný, Josef (advisor) ; Binková, Simona (referee)
This thesis was devoted to the topic FARC-EP Fuerzas armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejército del Pueblo (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army). The first part surveys the history of the guerrilla organization from its beginnings to the present. As the beginning of the Colombian guerrilla groups is considered Colombia's La Violencia civil war between 1948-1958 which was caused by disagreements between liberal and conservative party. FARC-EP incurred as a rural guerrilla movement of the Communist Party fraction, and they followed the Marxist doctrine. However, the communist ideals were nowadays replaced by the desire for more power and finance. The historical part of this work was therefore also dedicated to find answers to what is the organizational structure of the FARC, what is the origin of their financing and what are their current targets. In the second part of the thesis the media covering the period from 1st January 2002 to 31st August 2010 was analyzed. This period begins seven months before the onset of ex-president Alvaro Uribe Velez to the presidency after Andres Pastrana and ends one month after the onset of the new president Juan Manuel Santos. It includes more than two presidential periods of Alvaro Uribe and events that contributed to his election, and also the end of...
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Vývoj hospodářské situace Venezuely po nástupu Huga Cháveze: Sociální stát či sociální experiment?
Tašnerová, Romana
The aim of the presented diploma work is to analyse the development of the economic situation of Venezuela from 1999 up to the present and to review what influence the political steps of the government have on the social situation in the country. In the theoretical part of the work, the most important factors of the economic growth are delimited, the main socioeconomic problems of the developing countries are presented and the political economic development is outlined. In the practical part of the work, the acquired data from both national and international institutions are analysed and compared and their changes are observed during the analysed period of time.
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21st century socialism in Hugo Chavez's program and realpolitik
Matějovská, Zuzana ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Nachtigallová, Mariana (referee)
This bachelor thesis is concerned with the program of 21st century socialism in Venezuela and with its practical application in politics of Hugo Chavez. The main objective is to determine whether a real transformation of Venezuelan society is taking place with the goal of establishing 21st century socialism or whether this concept is used by Chavez as mere rhetoric to obtain votes. The first chapter describes the most important events leading up to the election of Hugo Chavez's as the President. The second chapter deals with the program of 21st century socialism as presented to the population of Venezuela. Its content is analyzed in terms of political transition, social policy, economic policy and foreign policy. Chapter three then looks for similarities and differences between this program and the actual policies of Hugo Chavez, specifically in the four aforementioned areas.
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