Atlas / Organisations / Chavismo
Chavismo
PSUV · 1999– · Venezuela · Left Authoritarian · Held state power · coding confidence high
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Bolivarian socialism of the twenty-first century, anti-imperialism, popular power organised from above.
Economic model
Nationalised oil, steel, cement, food distribution and land; price and currency controls; hyperinflation and mass emigration.
Organisation of powers
Supreme court and electoral council packed, opposition candidates barred, parliament superseded, contested elections.
Reading note
Began with genuine electoral victories and majority support, and is now coded near the authority ceiling. The trajectory, not the starting point, is the finding.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −08
Comprehensive nationalisation across oil, steel, cement, banking, food distribution and land.
- Documented act or statuteOil service, steel, cement and agricultural processing firms were expropriated between 2007 and 2010.
- Documented act or statutePrice and currency controls from 2003 produced shortages and, from 2017, hyperinflation.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +02
Coded mildly traditional: socially conservative on family and church relative to the Latin American left.
- Documented act or statuteAbortion remains criminalised and same-sex marriage unrecognised after twenty-five years in power.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +09
Trajectory rather than starting point. Early elections were genuinely competitive and internationally observed.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2015 opposition legislative majority was superseded by a Constituent Assembly in 2017.
- Documented act or statuteLeading opposition candidates were disqualified from the 2018 and 2024 presidential elections.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +08
Coded +8: communal councils created below the elected mayors and funded around them.
- Documented act or statuteOpposition-held state and municipal budgets were bypassed through parallel centrally funded structures.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +03
Coded mildly positive: membership of the political community defined by loyalty to the movement.
- Documented act or statuteThe Tascón list circulated the names of recall-referendum signatories and was used to deny public employment.
CH · Method and tempo · scored +04
Coded positive: an attempted coup in 1992 followed by twenty-five years of contested elections.
- Documented act or statuteThe movement's founder led a failed military coup in 1992 before being elected in 1998.
Where it came from, and what came after
- takes its doctrine fromBolivarian Republicanism
The movement takes its name and its founding symbolism directly from him.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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