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The Venezuelan Armed Forces, known today as the Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (National Bolivarian Armed Force, FANB), have been key actors in Venezuelan politics and state building. The military, directly or indirectly, held political power in Venezuela through most of the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries. Under President Chávez, active-duty and retired military officers assumed political and bureaucratic positions, occupying up to a third of cabinet portfolios, with the FANB becoming one of the principal facilitators of government programs and policy, clearly moving from a restricted domestic role to an active one. This report analyzes the historical evolution of the FANB, sources of military identity, the FANB, and the Venezuelan society.
Publication Date
5-2016
Disciplines
Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Recommended Citation
Fonseca, Brian; Polga-Hecimovich, John; and Trinkunas, Harold A., "Venezuelan Military Culture" (2016). Research Publications. 14.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/jgi_research/14
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