Del populismo al autoritarismo legalizado. Análisis histórico comparado entre Venezuela y Nicaragua

Abstract

Venezuela and Nicaragua have very different socio-economic, political and institutional trajectories. However, in the contemporaneity they share the qualification of minimal democracies by different analysis. For this reason, we set out as a research objective to analyze the evolution of Venezuela and Nicaragua political systems from an historical compared perspective, emphasizing the chavismo and orteguismo configuration and government. The used research method is a Comparative Historical Analysis (CHA). The article states that although the features of the phenomena of populism and legalized authoritarianism temporarily overlap, it is observed that at the beginning of Chavez and Ortega presidential periods, populism stood out and then became more authoritarian. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Venezuela y Nicaragua tienen trayectorias socioeconómicas, políticas e institucionales muy diferentes entre sí. Sin embargo, en la contemporaneidad comparten la calificación de democracias mínimas por diversos análisis. Por ello, nos planteamos como objetivo de investigación analizar desde perspectiva histórica comparada la evolución de los sistemas políticos de Venezuela y Nicaragua, con énfasis en la configuración y gobierno del chavismo y del orteguismo. La metodología utilizada es el Análisis Histórico Comparado (AHC). En el artículo se afirma que si bien los rasgos de los fenómenos del populismo y del autoritarismo legalizado se superponen temporalmente, se observa que al principio de los períodos presidenciales de Chávez y Ortega resaltó el populismo y luego se fueron haciendo más autoritarios. (Spanish) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Nóesis: Revista de Ciencias Sociales is the property of Revista Noesis and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)