Chilezuela
Chilezuela is a pejorative Chilean term to describe a dystopian version of Chile with negative attributes similar to those of Bolivarian Venezuela. The term gained traction in the 2017 Chilean presidential election when supporters of right-wing candidate Sebastián Piñera applied it to what they claimed was a path towards crisis and underdevelopment.[1] During the campaign rumors of Nicolás Maduro supporting Chilean centre-left candidate Alejandro Guillier spread through social media of groups of exiled Venezuelans.[2][citation needed] Piñera himself sought to link Guillier to Maduro in a negative context.[2][citation needed] The term is part of a wide trend in the Spanish-speaking world of doing negative references to Venezuela during political campaigns.[2][citation needed] This and similar terms such as, Argenzuela, Peruzuela and venezuelización are used during political campaigns to claim what will supposedly happen if the left-wing candidate wins.[3]
Under the second presidency of Sebastián Piñera, the success of "Chilezeula" rhetoric led to new visa policies leading to the deportation of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans and Haitians.[4]
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[edit]- ↑ Pezoa, Álvaro (2021-07-27). "¿Chilezuela?". La Tercera. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
- 1 2 3 Palacios Sanabria, Luis Guillermo (2017-12-01). "A propósito de "Chilezuela"". El Mostrador. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ↑ Vásquez, Jorge Daniel (2021). "Bordering the crisis: Race, migration, and political strategies in anti-populist Ecuador". In Moraña, Mabel (ed.). Liquid Borders: Migration as Resistance. Routledge.
- ↑ "How Chile's welcome turned sour". Mixed Migration Centre. 1 November 2023.