El ocaso de la política tercermundista (1979-1989): Una aproximación a las relaciones diplomáticas Venezuela–África en la década perdida

Abstract

El denominado frente tercermundista que identi4 co a la diplomacia venezolana durante el periodo de gobierno de Rafael Caldera (1969-1974) y fue profundizado con Carlos Andres Perez (1974-1979), se replegara durante el decenio (1979 – 1989), correspondiente a los gobiernos de Luis Herrera Campins y Jaime Lusinchi, ante la crisis de la deuda externa y la desafeccion politica de los anos ochenta del siglo XX catalogada como la decada perdida; la merma en este principio no impidio la activa diplomacia de Venezuela contra el oprobioso regimen del apartheid, la cuestion namibiana y el establecimiento de relaciones bilaterales. Abstract The so-called O Third World front that identified Venezuelan diplomacy during the government of Rafael Caldera (1969-1974) and that was deepened during that of Carlos Andres Perez (1974-1979) will decline during the decade (1979-1989), which corresponded to the governments of Luis Herrera Campins and Jaime Lusinchi. This was due to the crisis produced by external debt and the political disaffection proper to the 1980s, which made it be called “the lost decade.” This decline did not forestall the active diplomacy of Venezuela against the opprobrious apartheid regime, concern with the Namibian crisis, and the establishment of bilateral relations.