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The versatile amalgam: Interests and corruption in Russia-Venezuela relations

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The Russia-Venezuela relations are the most controversial of those between Latin American states and extra-regional powers, due to the military-technical nature of its original links its implications for Russian-United States… Click to show full abstract

The Russia-Venezuela relations are the most controversial of those between Latin American states and extra-regional powers, due to the military-technical nature of its original links its implications for Russian-United States rivalry, and over the hemispheric security and democracy. This article explores these from the role of Russian-Venezuelan corruption as a versatile amalgam within the alliance from 2005 to 2018. Based on a descriptive research design, the systematization of scattered information, and the application of a congruence method, we infer that corruption contributes to improving Russian-Venezuelan political cohesion. Our inference indicates that these ties, in addition to serving Russian-Venezuelan geopolitical interests regarding the United States, constitute a cycle in which political corruption strengthens the alliance, favouring special corporate interests, undermining rule of law, encouraging corruption, and revitalizing authoritarianism in Venezuela.  Resumen: Una amalgama versatil: Intereses y corrupcion en las relaciones ruso-venezolanas Las relaciones entre Rusia y Venezuela son las mas controvertidas entre los estados latinoamericanos y las potencias extrarregionales, debido a la naturaleza tecnico-militar de sus vinculos originales, sus implicaciones para la rivalidad ruso-estadounidense, y sobre la seguridad hemisferica y la democracia. Este articulo explora lo anterior desde el papel de la corrupcion ruso-venezolana como una amalgama versatil dentro de la alianza entre 2005 y 2018. Basado en un diseno de investigacion descriptivo, sistematizacion de informacion dispersa y aplicacion de un metodo de congruencia, inferimos que la corrupcion contribuye a mejorar la cohesion politica ruso-venezolana. Nuestra inferencia indica que estos lazos, ademas de servir a los intereses geopoliticos ruso-venezolanos con respecto a los Estados Unidos, constituyen un ciclo en el que la corrupcion politica fortalece la alianza, favorece intereses corporativos especiales, socava el estado de derecho, fomenta la corrupcion y revitaliza el autoritarismo en Venezuela.

Keywords: versatile amalgam; russia venezuela; venezuela; corrupcion; corruption; venezuela relations

Journal Title: European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Year Published: 2020

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