Colombia Internacional

Colomb. int. | eISSN 1900-6004 | ISSN 0121-5612

Del puntofijismo a la Quinta República: elecciones y democracia en Venezuela

No. 58 (2003-12-01)
  • Miriam Kornblith
    Profesora e investigadora del Instituto de Estudios Políticos de la Universidad Central de Venezuela y del Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) de Venezuela.
https://doi.org/10.7440/colombiaint58.2003.06

Abstract

The primary objective of this article is to demonstrate that political stability in Venezuela depends upon the relationship between collective political preferences and the decisions made by elected officials. The author analyzes electoral patterns in the country between 1989 and 2000, in order to evaluate the effects of the Punto Fijo Pact, created in 1958, the reasons for President Hugo Chávez’s political strengthening, and his efforts to “recreate the republic”.

Keywords: Punto Fijo Pact, Venezuelan democracy, elections, political stability, populism

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