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 false rumours of Nicolás Maduro supporting Chilean centre-left candidate Alejandro Guillier spread through social media of groups of exiled Venezuelans.[2][opinion] Piñera himself sought to pejoratively link Guillier to Maduro.[2][opinion] The term is part of a wide trend in the Spanish-speaking world of doing negative references to Venezuela during political campaigns.[2][opinion] 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]
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- ^ Pezoa, Álvaro (2021-07-27). "¿Chilezuela?". La Tercera. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
- ^ a b c 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.