Open AccessVenezuela's Crisis in an Era of Conflictual Multipolarity
Author(s) -
Petr Yakovlev
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
perspektivy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-3417
DOI - 10.32726/2411-3417-2019-1-38-52
Subject(s) - latin americans , politics , political science , power (physics) , political economy , balance (ability) , development economics , economy , economics , law , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , physical medicine and rehabilitation
The present and future of the country, which has the world's largest oil reserves, have been put on the line by Venezuela's crisis. So has the balance of power in the Latin American region and to a certain extent at global level. The internal political conflict, which deeply divided Venezuelan society, has crossed national borders to become one of the nerve centers of world politics. Due to the special significance of Venezuela for the leading powers of the world, attitude to events in this country has become geopolitically relevant. In fact, this is the first crisis in an era of conflictual multipolarity.