Universidad del Rosario - Universidad del Rosario

Language

Spanish

Description

This course will explore the situation in Venezuela from a multidisciplinary perspective of the crisis and will explore issues such as the State, politics, economy, society and security in the context of the Venezuelan territory and geography. It seeks to provide an explanation for the most critical political phenomenon of Latin America in the 21st century. Through multi-dimensional analysis, the course will delve deeper into several interrelated issues that can offer a better understanding of the current crisis in Venezuela, its democratic recession and the consequences of this crisis on a regional and bilateral level.

General Objective

Understand this political, economic, social and security crisis from a political, geographical and territorial perspective in order to understand and analyze the institutional changes of this State, the actions and interactions of its actors, and the territorial control that is a result of its revolutionary process.

Specific objectives

Understand the role of the government in Venezuela and how it impacts its economic life, political life and society.
Examine the structural reasons that have led Venezuela to be the only country in Latin America to experience two decades of regression and democratic recession.
Analyze institutional changes and Venezuela’s political, geographical and territorial context – a product of the Bolivarian Revolution.
Gain an understanding of the multi-dimensional crisis the country is experiencing.
Analyze the dynamics of the Venezuelan government, society and its armed forces.
Evaluate the role of the international community and the effects the crisis has on the bilateral relationship between Colombia and Venezuela.

Target public

The academic community of Universidad del Rosario, journalists, national and local members of the Colombian government, the Venezuelan community in Colombia, members of law enforcement and the general public interested in the current progress and events of Venezuelan politics.

Methodology

Master class given by Antonio del Liso and discussion forum seminar with members of Universidad del Rosario´s Committee on Venezuela (Observatorio de Venezuela).

Program highlights

This course provides students with the analytical tools and contextual foundations for understanding the multi-dimensional crisis that Venezuela is currently experiencing, and its effects on a regional level and on the bilateral relationship between Colombia and Venezuela.
Three elective credits from the following Emphasis areas can be applied towards this course: International Policy and Diplomacy; Security, Peace and Conflict; and Development and Participation..

Antonio
de Lisio
Venezuela
Universidad Central de Venezuela

Antonio del Liso performed his undergraduate studies in Geography, has an MSc in Environmental Sciences (París 7), a PhD in Architecture and Urban Planning (Universidad Central de Venezuela), and is a graduate fellow of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO - SIDA). He has served as a Professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), as an associate researcher with UCV’s Center for Development Studies, and as the Coordinator of the Colombia-Venezuela research network in Venezuela (UCV’s Center for Studies of Latin America). Professor del Liso has also served as President of the Venezuelan Institute of Social and Political Studies (INVESP), is a member of the Latin American Social and Ecological Transformation work group (FES Mexico) and of the Security Observatory (FES Venezuela), has served as Coordinator of the Climate Justice-Environmental Governance work group at CLASCO, and was the General Secretary of the Association of Amazonian Universities (2000-2003). He has been a guest lecturer at universities throughout Latin America, Europe and Canada and has worked as a Consultant for the OAS, European Union, UN, the Ministry of Planning and Development (Venezuela) and PDVSA (Venezuela’s state-owned oil and natural gas company).

Schedule

Dates: July 16 to August 3, 2018
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 5.00 p.m - 8:00 p.m
Venue: Sede Claustro, Universidad del Rosario
Duration: 42 hours
Type of offer: Course
Credits: 3 UR credits (5.1 ECTS)
Language: Spanish
Organized by: School of Political Science, Government and International Relations

Academic Organizer:
Francesca Ramos - School of Political Science, Government and International Relations

Module 2
Crisis, representative democracy and the Bolivarian Revolution
SUBJECT AREA
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, the political keys of the “Bolivarian process,” from Chávez to Maduro
LECTURERS
Antonio del Liso and members of Universidad del Rosario’s Committee on Venezuela (Observatorio de Venezuela).
TIME
17/07/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.

Module 3
Petro-state
SUBJECT AREA
From democracy to oil authoritarianism, Petrocaribe and Bolivarian oil diplomacy, Venezuelan production and global oil market trends
LECTURERS
Antonio del Liso and members of Universidad del Rosario’s Committee on Venezuela (Observatorio de Venezuela).
TIME
18/07/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m

Module 4
A rentier culture
SUBJECT AREA
From the “Magical State” to an interventionist dystopia, the mission: from electoral clientelism to unexpected submission, exchange control or political control of productive forces
LECTURERS
Antonio del Liso and members of Universidad del Rosario’s Committee on Venezuela (Observatorio de Venezuela).
TIME
19/07/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m

Module 5
The mining trade
SUBJECT AREA
The so-called Orinoco Mining Arc (AMO), the impossibility of a mining-rentier welfare state, electoral fraud of the 2017 regional elections in the State of Bolívar
LECTURERS
Antonio del Liso and members of Universidad del Rosario’s Committee on Venezuela (Observatorio de Venezuela).
TIME
23/07/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m

Module 6
The new regional geometry
SUBJECT AREA
The power and territory of Bolivarian Venezuela, the Bolivarian contradiction of recentralization, from democracy to territorial hegemony
LECTURERS
Antonio del Liso and members of Universidad del Rosario’s Committee on Venezuela (Observatorio de Venezuela).
TIME
24/07/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.

Module 7
The communal State
SUBJECT AREA
Laws of the communal state, the Constituent National Assembly (ANC), the communal state and authoritarian drift
LECTURERS
Antonio del Liso and members of Universidad del Rosario’s Committee on Venezuela (Observatorio de Venezuela).
TIME
25/07/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.

Module 8
Crisis: State and society
SUBJECT AREA
The decline of social indicators, the problem of the country’s deinstitutionalization, Venezuela: a failed democracy
LECTURERS
Antonio del Lisio y profesores del Observatorio de Venezuela.
TIME
26/07/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.

Module 9
Humanitarian crisis
SUBJECT AREA
The education crisis, the healthcare system crisis, hunger and goods shortages
LECTURERS
Antonio del Lisio y profesores del Observatorio de Venezuela.
TIME
27/07/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m

Module 10
The Armed Forces
SUBJECT AREA
The political role of the military, the “revolutionary” paramilitary, military dissidents
LECTURERS
Antonio del Lisio y profesores del Observatorio de Venezuela.
TIME
30/07/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m

Module 11
Opposition in crisis
SUBJECT AREA
Opposition in the contexts of competitive authoritarianism and dictatorships, the evolution of fragmented opposition, critical Chavismo
LECTURERS
Antonio del Lisio y profesores del Observatorio de Venezuela.
TIME
31/07/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m

Module 12
The role of civil society
SUBJECT AREA
Defending human rights, alternatives to the health and food crisis, personal insecurity
LECTURERS
Antonio del Lisio y profesores del Observatorio de Venezuela.
TIME
01/08/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m

Module 13
Venezuela in crisis and the international community
SUBJECT AREA
The OAS, the Lima Group, relationships with the U.S., Cuba, Russia and China
LECTURERS
Antonio del Lisio y profesores del Observatorio de Venezuela.
TIME
02/08/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m

Module 14
Colombian-Venezuelan relations
SUBJECT AREA
The Venezuelan crisis and post-conflict, challenges facing the bilateral relationship, a nation of immigrants that is now emigrating
LECTURERS
Antonio del Lisio y profesores del Observatorio de Venezuela.
TIME
03/08/2018
SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m

*May be subject to change

Register

Price: $ 1´800.000 (621 USD) *The price is subject to change depending on the exchange rate.

Opening date: July 16, 2018.
Prompt payment discount:10% discount on the course fees until July 1,2018

Rosario community discount: A 10% discount on enrollment fees. This may be received in addition to the early bird discount.

Discount for students, professors and graduates from international institutions: 10% discount on the course fees, which can be accumulated and/or combined with the benefit for early bird discount.

General Terms and Conditions

The University reserves the right to cancel a course or program if the minimum financial resources needed to open the course or program are not met. In such event, the University will refund 100% of the amount paid by the students in the currency of origin by electronic transfer (wire transfer) to the bank account they have provided. The transfer will be made within five business days following the date that the participant's bank account information was received.

In the event that a participant decides not to take the course or program and has already paid the corresponding enrollment amount, provided the course has not commenced, the participant may request the refund of his/her money. In this case, the University will make an electronic transfer in the amount of 90% of the amount that was originally received; 10% of which will be retained for the reimbursement of administrative and banking expenses incurred by the university. The refund will be made in the original payment’s currency of origin within 8 business days following receipt of the request to withdraw, cancel and receive a refund.

Contact:

Angélica María León Z.

International Programs Adviser
UR International Summer School
summerschool@urosario.edu.co
Teléfono: (+57 1) 2970200 Ext. 2133