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'''Adina Mercedes Bastidas Castillo''' (born 11 June 1943)<ref name="Government of Venezuela">[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]] active in politics. She was appointed [[Vice President of Venezuela]] on December 24, 2000 by [[Hugo Chávez]], and served in the post until January 13, 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. [http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/reports/reports/venezuela.htm Investors in Venezuela: Waiting for Change.] ''Latin Business Chronicle'' (April 4, 2002).</ref>
'''Adina Mercedes Bastidas Castillo''' (born 11 June 1943)<ref name="Government of Venezuela">[http://www.vicepresidencia.gov.ve/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1365&Itemid=61]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Vicepresidencia de la Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela.</ref> is a [[Venezuela]]n [[economist]] active in politics. She was appointed [[Vice President of Venezuela]] on December 24, 2000 by [[Hugo Chávez]], and served in the post until January 13, 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. [http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/reports/reports/venezuela.htm Investors in Venezuela: Waiting for Change.] {{wayback|url=http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/reports/reports/venezuela.htm |date=20060513150758 }} ''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, DC]].
Bastidas was also the Director for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the [[Inter-American Development Bank]] in [[Washington, DC]].


==Views==
==Views==
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>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/1379329/Revolutionary-appointed-as-new-Venezuelan-vice-president.html]"'Revolutionary' appointed as new Venezuelan vice president," Telegraph, June 19, 2001.</ref> and deemed her work "exceptional."<ref name=Chavezcomment>[http://www.blythe.org/nytransfer-subs/Covert_Actions/New_VP_for_Venezuela:_What_the_Press_Says]"Chavez Dismisses Vice President
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>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/1379329/Revolutionary-appointed-as-new-Venezuelan-vice-president.html]"'Revolutionary' appointed as new Venezuelan vice president," Telegraph, June 19, 2001.</ref> and deemed her work "exceptional."<ref name=Chavezcomment>{{cite web
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Revision as of 08:41, 4 October 2016

Adina Bastidas
Vice President of Venezuela
In office
2000–2002
PresidentHugo Chavez
Preceded byIsaías Rodríguez
Succeeded byDiosdado Cabello
Personal details
Born (1943-06-11) 11 June 1943 (age 81)
Caracas, Venezuela
Political partyIndependent[1]
ProfessionEconomist

Adina Mercedes Bastidas Castillo (born 11 June 1943)[2] is a Venezuelan economist active in politics. She was appointed Vice President of Venezuela on December 24, 2000 by Hugo Chávez, and served in the post until January 13, 2002, the first woman to hold the job in the country's history. She was later appointed Production and Commerce Minister.[3]

Bastidas was also the Director for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC.

Views

According to the BBC, Bastidas is considered a controversial left winger;[4] she is also considered a prominent critic of Venezuela's private sector.[3] Her appointment as Commerce Minister, coming after weeks of protests against President Chávez's economic policies,[4] was seen as a further radicalization of Chávez's government, according to the BBC.[4] Chávez called her "a first class revolutionary,"[5] and deemed her work "exceptional."[6]

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."[7]

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.[8] She refused to make any public statements regarding the event.

Notes

  1. ^ "Adina Bastidas: "Yo asumo mi responsabilidad en el tema del control de cambio"". Aporrea.org (in Spanish). 13 June 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  2. ^ [1][permanent dead link] Vicepresidencia de la Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela.
  3. ^ a b Bamrud, Joachim. Investors in Venezuela: Waiting for Change. Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine Latin Business Chronicle (April 4, 2002).
  4. ^ a b c Venezuelan church rejects Chavez talks. BBC (January 29, 2002).
  5. ^ [2]"'Revolutionary' appointed as new Venezuelan vice president," Telegraph, June 19, 2001.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2009-01-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)"Chavez Dismisses Vice President ," Associated Press, Jan 13, 2002.
  7. ^ The WASPs Did It. Foreign Policy, 0015-7228, Jan-Feb 2002 p14.
  8. ^ "Asaltan residencia de la exvicepresidenta de la República, Adina Bastidas". El Universal (in Spanish). Caracas. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by Vice President of Venezuela
2000–2002
Succeeded by