Political Discourse Analysis over the Securitization Discourse from the US towards Venezuela: The Case of Obama and Trump (2015-2020)

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Maffei Ojeda, Michelle Domenica

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Quito, Ecuador : Flacso Ecuador

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The concept of threat has normally been a synonymous with traditional military demeanors, which in fact limits the scope and the extent of the concept applied to current times. This research project has the main objective of understanding the discursive process of Obama and Trump for the construction of Venezuela as a new threat to the United States. This is analyzed through a discursive analysis comparing and contrasting the speeches of Obama and Trump as political actors with legitimacy along with their functional (institutional) actors. Both speeches from the executive with its functional actors perceive Venezuela as the same type of threat, an "unusual" threat. However, the main assumption of the executive is that Venezuela is a threat, due to the influence that the South American country has with other foreign powers such as Russia and China.
El concepto de amenaza normalmente ha sido sinónimo de comportamientos militares tradicionales, lo que de hecho limita el alcance y la extensión del concepto aplicado a los tiempos actuales. Este proyecto de investigación tiene el objetivo principal entender el proceso discursivo de Obama y de Trump para la construcción de Venezuela como una nueva amenaza hacia los Estados Unidos. Esto se analiza a través de un análisis discursivo que compara y contrasta los discursos de Obama y Trump como agentes políticos con legitimidad junto a sus actores funcionales (institucionales). Ambos discursos del ejecutivo con sus actores funcionales perciben a Venezuela como el mismo tipo de amenaza, una amenaza “inusual”. Sin embargo, el supuesto principal del ejecutivo es que Venezuela es una amenaza, debido a la influencia que tiene el país suramericano con otras potencias extranjeras por como Rusia y China.

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148 p.

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Maffei Ojeda, Michelle Domenica. 2022. Political Discourse Analysis over the Securitization Discourse from the US towards Venezuela: The Case of Obama and Trump (2015-2020). Tesis de maestría, Flacso Ecuador.

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