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Venezuela's 1961 Constitution: Democracy's Promise and Peril

Venezuela's 1961 Constitution: Democracy's Promise and Peril

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In 1961, Venezuela adopted a new constitution that was hailed as a model for Latin American democracy. This episode explores the drafting and key provisions of that charter—from the prohibition of presidential re-election and the role of the military to the centralization of power in Caracas. We discuss the visionary jurist Rafael Pizani, the Punto Fijo elite consensus, and how the constitution's checks and balances held for decades. But we also examine its blind spots: the exclusion of the left, the concentration of authority that later enabled Hugo Chávez's democratic dismantling, and the seeds of the 1999 constitutional overhaul. How does a document designed to ensure stability become a tool for its own unmaking? A nuanced look at Venezuela's democratic experiment through the lens of its founding text. #Venezuela #Constitution1961 #PuntoFijo #RafaelPizani #RómuloBetancourt #RafaelCaldera #JóvitoVillalba #LatinAmerica #Democracy #ConstitutionalLaw #Caracas #ColdWar #Military #Presidentialism #1999Constitution #HugoChávez #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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