Publications
Books
Populism and Performance in the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela
Northwestern University Press
March 15, 2018
Angela Marino
Populism and Performance in the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela analyzes how Venezuela’s emergent socialism negotiated terms of national belonging and participatory democracy through performance. By foregrounding populism as an embodied act, Marino draws attention to repertoires of populism that contributed to what is arguably the most impactful social movement in the Americas since the Cuban Revolution.
Performance and Populism forges a path for interdisciplinary approaches to political formation across Latin American studies, cultural studies, political science, and performance studies. It presents a vital record and often ignored history of the revolution, with valuable insights into its internal dynamics and lessons towards building a populist movement of the left.
Articles
Manufacturing Legitimacy: The Organization of American States and the Bolivian Elections of 2019
Spectre Journal
June 21, 2021
Derek Cross and A. Marino
Revisiting the role of the OAS in the 2019 Bolivian Elections draws attention to a largely U.S. taxpayer supported institution that lurks in the background, pretending to uphold human rights and democracy. Yet, as the particulars of this case and its aftermath shows, the OAS mobilizes ‘member nations’ as a commissioned agency of U.S. interests in Latin America, too often at the expense of actual democracy and sovereignty in the region.