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The importance of oil for Venezuela's economy
Okošová, Andrea ; Jiránková, Martina (advisor) ; Kašpar, Václav (referee)
This thesis deals with the significant influence of oil wealth on the Venezuelan economy in view of recent past years, the present and the future perspective. The first chapter provides an overview of macroeconomic indicators and describes the Venezuelan regime - socialism of the 21st century. The second chapter analyzes the foreign trade policy of Venezuela in connection with trading in crude oil and oil revenues. Therefore, the third chapter is aimed at Dutch disease, perspectives of the Venezuelan economy and its rating.
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The foreign policy of Venezuela after the onset of Hugo Chávez
Kadlecová, Anna ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Jeníčková, Martina (referee)
The aim of this work is to characterize the differences of the foreign policy of Venezuela before and after the onset of Hugo Chavez. Methods applied for achievement of this aim were analysis and subsequent comparison. The main topics concern the political developments in Venezuela until 1998 and foreign policy conducted in this period, in the next chapter the political basis of Chávez's foreign policy are analyzed and in conclusion the itself Venezuela's foreign policy after 1998 is described. The analysis in this study showed that the emergence of Hugo Chavez caused a considerable turnover in the foreign policy of Venezuela, which has been reflected in many changes, especially in the US-Venezuelan relations, integration efforts in the Latin American region and the overall differences in ideological orientation of the country.
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The role of the MERCOSUR in the economic integration of Latin America
Švecová, Petra ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Steinmetzová, Dana (referee)
This Bachelor thesis deals in particular with the Mercosur integration, its history and progress which he went gone through the time. In the first chapter is Mercosur presented together with its Association Agreement, i.e. the agreement with states, with which is Mercosur trying to build functioning mutual relations. The most important part is presentation of a new member State - Venezuela - as a major factor, which strongly affects the inside affairs of Mercosur. In the second part is analysed trade between Mercosur and the selected countries, which is located on the continent of Latin America.
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Expansion of Socialism of XXI. Century in Latin America and his Geopolitical Influence
Fiala, David ; Vošta, Milan (advisor) ; Kašpar, Václav (referee)
This thesis is devoted to increasing number of leftist governmants in Latin America and to social-economic development till present which cause "expansion of socialism of XXI. century". This thesis investigates the influence of socialism on national economies, on orientation of foreign politics, on increasing cooperation of countries in Latin America. This thesis examines new geopolitical relations between Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Russia, Iran, China...My thesis tries to estimate the future development in Latin America.
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Authoritarianism in Latin America on example of Hugo Chávez
Procházka, Michal ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Němec, Jan (referee)
The main part of the thesis is analyzing the political system of Venezuelan government of Hugo Chávez and its classification between democratic, totalitarian political systems and authoritarianism. On the basis of an analysis of the changes in the country's political, economic and social structures between the years 1998 and 2009 and by using of an overview of the historical circumstances of the Latin American authoritarianism the thesis is trying to decide if the present Venezuelan political system could be classified as an authoritarianism or not. The thesis also includes the brief history of Latin America with accent on the time period of authoritarianism and the reasons for its numerous appearance, the rise of Hugo Chávez and the Venezuelan history before his election.
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Venezuela na přelomu tisíciletí
Šanda, Milan ; Adamcová, Lenka (advisor) ; Nováček, Jan (referee)
Práce analyzuje současnou politicko-ekonomickou situaci Bolívarovské republiky Venezuela. Širší záběr osvětluje politický vývoj v zemi od poloviny 20. století, nosným obdobím je však situace od druhé poloviny devadesátých let do současnosti. Instrumentem k charakteristice tohoto období je SWOT analýza slabých a silných stránek a následná načrtnutí možných příležitostí a hrozeb determinovaných jak současným stavem tak vnějšími vlivy působícími na tuto latinskoamerickou ropnou ekonomiku.
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The role of culture in foreign policy of Venezuela
Majdičová, Lenka ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Jeníčková, Martina (referee)
This diploma thesis is dealing with the influence of culture on the foreign policy of Venezuela, showing how socio-cultural determinants are reflected in formation and ideological basis of foreign policy and its realizing on the international stage. The thesis is divided into two parts - the first part is dedicated to the characteristic of venezuelan national culture in general, based on surveys of Hofstede and Inglehart, and in particular, based on such a phenomenon as caudillism, populism and personality cult of Simon Bolívar. The second part of the thesis is handling with the political-economic development in the second half of 20th century. The emphasis is on how the politics in Venezuela which has changed profoundly with the election of Hugo Chávez is reflected in the foreign policy of Venezuela.
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