Guerra psicológica recargada: cibersanciones, Venezuela y geopolítica
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En este texto abordaremos la dimensión geopolítica de las sanciones
económicas como herramienta clave de la política exterior estadounidense
en el marco de una guerra psicológica de amplio espectro muy ligada a las
capacidades y posibilidades de reproducción del neoliberalismo. Como casos
emblemáticos, tomaremos las sanciones económicas a Venezuela y a las actividades
cibernéticas maliciosas, argumentando que a pesar de la aparente
desconexión entre ambos ejemplos están unidos por intereses geopolíticos
(geoestratégicos) que forman parte esencial de una definición de “seguridad
nacional” planteada por el establishment de política exterior de EEUU (sector
privado y público) que prevalece al menos desde el inicio de la Guerra Fría
hasta la actualidad, cuyos intereses materiales son garantizados por la reproducción
de una ideología que legitima y naturaliza este modo de pensar/
hacer la seguridad a nivel nacional y especialmente en el plano internacional;
proceso en el que el rol de los medios masivos hegemónicos (junto con el de
internet y redes sociales) se revela fundamental e imprescindible
In the following text we will tackle the geopolitical dimension of economic sanctions, as a key tool of US foreign policy in the frame of a wide range psychological war, ultimately related to the capacities and possibilities of the expansion of neoliberalism. We will focus on economic sanctions against Venezuela and against cyber malicious activities as emblematic cases, posing that in spite of the apparent disconnection between them, both are linked by US geopolitical (geostrategic) interests that are crucial components of the “national security” definition coined by the Cold War foreign policy establishment (public/ private interests) which prevailed until today. Those material interests are guaranteed by the reproduction of an ideology that legitimizes and naturalizes this way of thinking/ making security in a national and mainly in an international level. In this process, mass media, internet and social networks play an essential role
In the following text we will tackle the geopolitical dimension of economic sanctions, as a key tool of US foreign policy in the frame of a wide range psychological war, ultimately related to the capacities and possibilities of the expansion of neoliberalism. We will focus on economic sanctions against Venezuela and against cyber malicious activities as emblematic cases, posing that in spite of the apparent disconnection between them, both are linked by US geopolitical (geostrategic) interests that are crucial components of the “national security” definition coined by the Cold War foreign policy establishment (public/ private interests) which prevailed until today. Those material interests are guaranteed by the reproduction of an ideology that legitimizes and naturalizes this way of thinking/ making security in a national and mainly in an international level. In this process, mass media, internet and social networks play an essential role







