Dimler, Anna-Carlotta

Heinrichs, Anna Elisabeth

Nørgård, Andreas

This research investigates how and why a coup attempt is happening in Venezuela. InJanuary 2019, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó proclaimed himself interimpresident, where support and international recognition soon followed after the USrecognized him as the legitimate leader. While Venezuela’s acting President NicolasMaduro is internationally heavily criticized for the economic and social crisis withinVenezuela, the US has used the condition of Venezuela to argue for the need for a regimechange. Even though the US has allegedly only humanitarian reasons to interfere,political and economic interest have been primarily present in our findings. Moreover, aclear connection was identifiable between Washington and opposition leader Guaidowhich showed that the US has been one of the primary forces driving the coup attempt.As a result, our research seeks to answer why and how a hegemon is able to interfere inthe political development of a minor sovereign nation.In order to answer our research question, we have employed a single case studyresearch in combination within case methods of process tracing and content analysis.Therefore, we have created a theoretical framework consisting of theory-basedcategories which are synthesised of prior established theories of coups and regimechange.Here, this project argues for a lack of research sufficiently explaining coups and therebyaims to contribute to the regime change literature

The 2019 Coup attempt in Venezuela

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