U.S.-Venezuela Relations since the 1990s: Coping with Midlevel Security Threats

by Javier Corrales and Carlos A. Romero

Book Overview

Oil makes up one-third of Venezuela's entire GDP, and the United States is far and away Venezuela's largest trading partner. Relations between Venezuela and the United States, traditionally close for most of the last two centuries, began to fray as the end of the Cold War altered the international environment.

U.S.-Venezuela Relations since the 1990s explores relations between these two countries since 1999, when Hugo Chavez came to office...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415895251
• ISBN13: 9780415895255
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"