Resumen

GARCIA-GUADILLA, María Pilar. Twentieth-Century Ecosocialism and the Bolivarian Development Model: The Myths of Environmental Sustainability and Participative Democracy in Venezuela. Revista Venezolana de Economía y Ciencias Sociales [online]. 2009, vol.15, n.1, pp.187-223. ISSN 20030507.

The author argues that , during the last decade, there has been an acute contradiction between a rhetoric geared to Ecosocialism, sustainable endogenous development (and the promises of the 1999 Constitution), and the reality of a development model which incorporates mega-projects related to the pocicy of promoting Latin American integration and a greater independence of the United States. It is also argued that the environmental conflicts provoked by these mega-projects are processed without any reference to the ‘participative democracy’ promised in the Constitution.

Palabras clave : Venezuela; Ecosocialism; Sustainable Development; Mega-Minig Projects; Participative Democracy; Itamaca; Perijá.

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