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'''Adina Mercedes Bastidas Castillo''' (born 11 June 1943)<ref name="Government of Venezuela">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080607060830/http://www.vicepresidencia.gov.ve/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1365&Itemid=61 | '''Adina Mercedes Bastidas Castillo''' (born 11 June 1943)<ref name="Government of Venezuela">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080607060830/http://www.vicepresidencia.gov.ve/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1365&Itemid=61 "Vicepresidencia de la Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela"].</ref> is a [[Venezuela]]n [[economist]], formerly active in politics. She was appointed the [[vice president of Venezuela]] on 24 December 2000 by President [[Hugo Chávez]], and served in the post until 13 January 2002, the first woman to hold the job in the country's history. She was later appointed Production and Commerce Minister.<ref name=LBC>Bamrud, Joachim. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060513150758/http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/reports/reports/venezuela.htm "Investors in Venezuela: Waiting for Change"].}} ''Latin Business Chronicle'' (April 4, 2002).</ref> | ||
Bastidas was also the Director for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the [[Inter-American Development Bank]] in [[Washington, | Bastidas was also the Director for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the [[Inter-American Development Bank]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. | ||
==Views== | ==Views== | ||
According to the | According to the BBC, Bastidas is considered a controversial [[left wing]]er;<ref name=BBCChurch>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1788764.stm "Venezuelan church rejects Chavez talks"]. BBC (January 29, 2002).</ref> she is also considered a prominent critic of Venezuela's private sector.<ref name=LBC/> Her appointment as Commerce Minister, coming after weeks of protests against President Chávez's economic policies,<ref name=BBCChurch/> was seen as a further radicalization of Chávez's government, according to the BBC.<ref name=BBCChurch/> Chávez called her "a first class revolutionary",<ref name=Telegraph>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/1379329/Revolutionary-appointed-as-new-Venezuelan-vice-president.html "'Revolutionary' appointed as new Venezuelan vice president"], ''The Telegraph'', June 19, 2001.</ref> and deemed her work "exceptional".<ref name=Chavezcomment>{{cite news | ||
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At the Latin American and Caribbean Encounter on the Dialogue of Civilizations, held in Caracas on November 8, 2001, Bastidas said: | At the Latin American and Caribbean Encounter on the Dialogue of Civilizations, held in Caracas on November 8, 2001, Bastidas said: | ||
:"The terrorism of the oppressed is a perverse and lamentable byproduct of a WASP dominance that has become unbearable for the most radical and violent of the subjugated peoples ... Supplications and reason will not suffice to impose dialogue on countries of the North. The South must achieve a capacity to unite, resist, and persevere until it attains a new world order that is truly an order, not an immense disorder, under the heavens."<ref>The WASPs Did It. ''Foreign Policy'', 0015-7228, | :"The terrorism of the oppressed is a perverse and lamentable byproduct of a WASP dominance that has become unbearable for the most radical and violent of the subjugated peoples ... Supplications and reason will not suffice to impose dialogue on countries of the North. The South must achieve a capacity to unite, resist, and persevere until it attains a new world order that is truly an order, not an immense disorder, under the heavens."<ref>The WASPs Did It. ''Foreign Policy'', 0015-7228, Jan–Feb 2002 p. 14.</ref> | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
On 13 January 2015, Bastidas was subject to burglary and robbery at her penthouse in [[Caracas]], as stated by her son on his [[Twitter]] account.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/sucesos/150114/asaltan-residencia-de-la-exvicepresidenta-de-la-republica-adina-bastid|title=Asaltan residencia de la exvicepresidenta de la República, Adina Bastidas|language=Spanish|work=[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]]|location=Caracas|date=14 January 2015| | On 13 January 2015, Bastidas was subject to burglary and robbery at her penthouse in [[Caracas]], as stated by her son on his [[Twitter]] account.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/sucesos/150114/asaltan-residencia-de-la-exvicepresidenta-de-la-republica-adina-bastid|title=Asaltan residencia de la exvicepresidenta de la República, Adina Bastidas|language=Spanish|work=[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]]|location=Caracas|date=14 January 2015|access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref> She refused to make any public statements regarding the event. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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{{succession box|title=[[Vice President of Venezuela]]|before=[[Isaías Rodríguez]]| after=[[Diosdado Cabello|Diosdado Cabello Rondón]]|years=2000–2002} | {{succession box|title=[[Vice President of Venezuela]]|before=[[Isaías Rodríguez]]| after=[[Diosdado Cabello|Diosdado Cabello Rondón]]|years=2000–2002}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:06, 23 December 2025
Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Adina Mercedes Bastidas Castillo (born 11 June 1943)[1] is a Venezuelan economist, formerly active in politics. She was appointed the vice president of Venezuela on 24 December 2000 by President Hugo Chávez, and served in the post until 13 January 2002, the first woman to hold the job in the country's history. She was later appointed Production and Commerce Minister.[2]
Bastidas was also the Director for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C..
Views
According to the BBC, Bastidas is considered a controversial left winger;[3] she is also considered a prominent critic of Venezuela's private sector.[2] Her appointment as Commerce Minister, coming after weeks of protests against President Chávez's economic policies,[3] was seen as a further radicalization of Chávez's government, according to the BBC.[3] Chávez called her "a first class revolutionary",[4] and deemed her work "exceptional".[5]
At the Latin American and Caribbean Encounter on the Dialogue of Civilizations, held in Caracas on November 8, 2001, Bastidas said:
- "The terrorism of the oppressed is a perverse and lamentable byproduct of a WASP dominance that has become unbearable for the most radical and violent of the subjugated peoples ... Supplications and reason will not suffice to impose dialogue on countries of the North. The South must achieve a capacity to unite, resist, and persevere until it attains a new world order that is truly an order, not an immense disorder, under the heavens."[6]
Personal life
On 13 January 2015, Bastidas was subject to burglary and robbery at her penthouse in Caracas, as stated by her son on his Twitter account.[7] She refused to make any public statements regarding the event.
Notes
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- ↑ "Vicepresidencia de la Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela".
- ↑ a b Bamrud, Joachim. "Investors in Venezuela: Waiting for Change".Template:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Latin Business Chronicle (April 4, 2002).
- ↑ a b c "Venezuelan church rejects Chavez talks". BBC (January 29, 2002).
- ↑ "'Revolutionary' appointed as new Venezuelan vice president", The Telegraph, June 19, 2001.
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- ↑ The WASPs Did It. Foreign Policy, 0015-7228, Jan–Feb 2002 p. 14.
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