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Call for Papers "Indigenous people and Democracy" (Number 1, July 2024)

The politicization of the Venezuelan diaspora in Spain and its influence on EU-Venezuela relations

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Vol. 61 No. 2 (2023): Migration and Politics
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5338.2023.72048

Abstract

This article analyzes how the difficult relations between the European Union and Venezuela are affected by the politicization of the Venezuelan diaspora. Specifically, it aims to demonstrate how the Venezuelan diaspora in Spain, and especially in Madrid, constitutes an electoral bloc for the Spanish right wing, as it shares with these political parties’ stringent positions regarding the relations with Caracas. Given the substantial worsening of EU-Venezuela relations after the death of Hugo Chávez and since the government of Nicolás Maduro, it is possible to connect this context with the role played by the Venezuelan diaspora, and the opposition, at European level.

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Venezuela, diaspora, European Union, politicization, Spain

Author Biography

Alberto Maresca, Georgetown University

Graduated in Political Science and International Relations at the Federico II University of Naples (Italy), Master in Diplomacy and International Relations at the Diplomatic School of Spain and currently a student of the Master of Arts in Latin American Studies at Georgetown University (United States), where he is a Teacher and Research Assistant. His research interests include migration, the Global South, US-Latin American relations and Latin American political sociology.

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Maresca, A. (2023). The politicization of the Venezuelan diaspora in Spain and its influence on EU-Venezuela relations. Política. Revista De Ciencia Política, 61(2). https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5338.2023.72048
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